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THE TWIG
October 26, 1951
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Green and White Aprons Identify
Student Cooks as Future Experts
ASTROS GIVE PARTY
FOR NEW MEMBERS
In honor of the new members
of the Astrotekton Society, the
old members gave a party in the
hut Saturday night, October 20.
Brooksie Stone and Charleen
! Swanzey were in charge of the
i party and had the responsi
bility of waking up Miss Swartz
on Sunday morning. Miss Swartz
spent the night under the same
conditions as the Astros, which
included sleeping on the floor.
The entertainment was furn
ished by Ann Lovell and Sally
Goodyear. Sally awakened ev
eryone by playing the Alma
Mater on the piano. Ann, how
ever, was sleeping on the piano.
Cokes and potato chips were
served to refresh the group who
spent the majority of the night
chasing away mice.
Proper taste, color, and shape are the usual qualifications of a good
muffin. The girls shown examining a muffin which is to be served with
hot coffee are Lois Pritchett, a music major; Lillian Lu, an English
major; Barbara Morris, a music major; and Barbara Hale, an English
major.
By BARBARA HALE
Have you noticed any girls
around campus on Tuesday
and Thursday afternoons wear
ing green and white checked
aprons and carrying a Woman’s
Home Companion Cook Book?
If you have and are wondering
who they are, they are the girls
who are taking the “bride’s
course’’ this semester. The class
meets with Miss Brewer in room
twenty-one in the Science Build
ing twice a week in the after
noons from 2:00 P.M. until 5:00
P.M. The first hour on Tuesday
is spent in the lecture room, and
the remaining two hours and all
three hours on Thursday are
spent in the cooking laboratory
where the experiments are car
ried out.
In a sense the name of the
course is a misnomer. Many girls
have the impression that only
those girls who are engaged and
who are planning to be married
soon are eligible to take the
course. Well, this is not alto
gether true. In the class of eight
there are only two who have
engagement rings and one who
is pinned. The course is open
to all girls who would like to
learn to cook. Of course one
cannot learn everything there is
to know about cooking in a
short semester, but Miss Brew
er certainly can give out some
helpful pointers and suggestions.
There are no prerequisites to
this course, which is officially
listed in the catalogue as Home
Economics No. 59.
Every Tuesday and Thurs
day morning Miss Brewer goes
to market to bring in the foods
and supplies she plans for the
class to work with in the after
noon. One can usually tell what
is going to be prepared by look-
SAD CASE
She looked in the book and on
the floor;
Behind the bookends and in the
desk drawer.
She looked in the bookcase and
under the chair
She even patted searchingly in
her hair.
She looked at us pleadingly with
tears in her eyes
We shook our heads sorrowfully,
amid muted sighs.
Unwillingly to help her, we just
sat there
Until at last she rose from her
chair
She admitted, “Now tell me.
I’ve done my best.
Where did I put that English
test?”
Anonymous.
ing over the supply table before
the class begins. Each girl has
her own working table with the
most necessary utensils in her
drawer. There is an electric
stove for every two girls. There
are many times when the girls
work in couples.
The members of the class are
learning not only how to cook
but also how to retain the shape
of vegetables and of fruits par
ticularly, and how to preserve
the color and flavor of foods
during the cooking process; all
of which are quite important
as far as having an appetizing
meal is concerned. They also
are picking up a few pointers
on how to make foods “look
interesting,” to use Miss Brew
er’s terminology. For instance,
they have already gotten a few
surprises at finding out what a
few leaves, a cherry, or pieces
of an apple with the red peeling
left on can do to dress up a salad.
These beginners also learn a
little about house-keeping along
with cooking. Once a month each
girl, with her partner, has her
turn at being housekeeper for
the week. The duties add up to
washing the dishes and pans that
Miss Brewer uses in her dem
onstrations, sweeping the floor,
emptying the garbage can, and
checking all the stoves to see
that all the units are turned off.
This takes only about 10 or 15
minutes after the class is dis
missed; Miss Brewer helps; so,
it really isn’t so big a task.
You can be sure that the di
rections are followed step by
step as they are given in the
cook book. Miss Brewer says
that the directions are followed
too closely sometimes. Part of
everything prepared is eaten in
the laboratory. Of course the
cooks don’t have to eat all of
everything they prepare, but
they are expected to eat a gen
erous helping. But they don’t
mind that, because in their opin
ions they are pretty good cooks!
If you had seen the biscuits that
some of the girls made for the
first time this week, you would
have thought they were old
hands in a kitchen.
All you girls who "have the
time should take the “bride’s
course” next semester. And
in case you’re interested this is
the only lab at Meredith that
doesn’t have a fee!
A creditor is worse than a
master, for a master owns only
your person, a creditor owns
your dignity, and can belabour
that.
—Victor Hugo.
DEANES LIST INCLUDES
EIGHTY-THREE NAMES
A total of eighty-three stu
dents are included on the Dean’s
List released by Mrs. Vera Tart
Marsh, college registrar. This
list is effective for the fall se
mester of 1951, and it includes
all students achieving a high
scholastic record during the
spring semester. Mrs. Marsh di
rects the attention of students
whose names appear in this
group to the academic regula
tion which governs their class
attendance. The names of the
following students are included
on this list:
Dorothy Alice Allen, Nancy
Miriam Allen, Frances Eliza
beth Almond, Eugenia Gray At
kinson, Verla Grace Autry.
Vivian Joyce Briley, Beverly
Thorne Batchelor, Margaret
Burnett Benbow, Patricia Set-
zer Bland, Elizabeth Estella
Boggs, Shirley Sue Bone, Erma
Carolyn Brady, Jennett Bram
ble, Ethel Joyce Brown, Nancy
Franklin Brown, Shirley Cliatt,
Mary Jo Cole, Nancy Rebecca
Cook, Ada Eugenia Corn, Kath
ryn Anne Creech, Barbara Orr
Daniel, Patsy Robinson Emory,
Mary Elizabeth Jordan Golds-
ton, Lou Merle Griffin, Mary
Jocile Griffin, Margot Irvin
Grimes, Greta Vernon Hall,
Elizabeth Ann Hamrick, Martha
iolt Hare, Allen Wilkinson Hart,
Dorothy Lee Helms, Nancy Eliz-
beth House, Rose Marilyn Hunt,
Elizabeth Irene Hunter, Sara
Margaret James, Mary Bland
Josey, Jeanette Whitfield Joy
ner, Marjorie Rominger Joy
ner, Iris Carlene Kinlaw, Sheila
Margaret Knapp, Rebecca Knott,
Marjorie Evelyn Krause, Pa
tricia Gay Lawrence, Carolyn
Vivian Massey, Sally Ross Mas
sey, Jessie Melissa Matthews,
Dorothy Ann Miller, Jean An
nette Miller, Vertie Mae Mitch
ell, Sandra Moore, Elizabeth
Anne Morgan, Barbara Angelia
Morris, Marilyn Forrest Mor-
risette, Anne Marie Morton,
Margaret Fuguay Munford, Nor
ma Lee Murray, Pearl Joan
Neighbors, Daphne Faye Nich
ols, Jean Olive, Virginia Ann
Partin, Ellen Lillian Peeler,
Jamie Lee Perry, Julia Amaryl
lis Presson, Anne Katherine
Reagan, Martha Patricia Rob
erts, Elaine Apple Saunders,
Cora Lee Sawyer, Barbara Coral
Schettler, Ann Doughty Sea-
grove, Mary Jo Shaw, Betty
Jane Slate, Patricia Karyne
Smathers, Elmer Janet Stal-
ings, Martha Powell Spiers, Jean
Valette Taylor, Phyllis Lou
Trible, Lois Winston Turpin,
Virginia Penn Waldrop, Nan
cy Drummond Walker, Betty
To Welch, Celia Townsend Wells,
Mary Ann Westbrook, Evelyn
Clyde Wilson.
Library Offers New Books
For Every Type of Student
By BETH MORGAN
A book for every type student
in almost any field of study can
be found in the Meredith lib
rary. Students can, if they will,
have direct influence on book
orders by using the suggestion
box on the catalog cabinet in
the rotunda. The librarians ask
for students to write out names
of books that might be helpful
in club work, any other extra
curricula activities, or books that
are just for pleasure reading and
drop the slips of paper into this
box. When an order is being
made, these suggestions are con
sidered and the ones which will
be the best for the general stu
dent body are chosen from the
group. Ten per cent of the fine
money we pay for late books
is used for books of our own
choice.
The displays in the library
have recently been featuring
new books. There are many that
will appeal to everyone.
New Books
If you are still fanciful enough
to enjoy a fairy-tale type of
story about a beautiful princess,
a cruel duke, and a handsome
prince, read The 13 Clocks by
James Thurber. The duke was so
cold-hearted that time had froz
en all around him and he had
said that the princess would re
main under his spell until all the
clocks struck 5:00 p.m. together.
The heroic prince “un-froze”
time by performing an utterly
impossible task and freed the
princess.
A book that would enrich the
thoughts and lives of every
Christian girl on campus is So
We Believe So We Pray by Dr.
George A. Buttrick. Dr. Butt-
rick “examines the Lord’s Pray
er as the supreme expression of
Christian belief—exploring the
full significance of each clause,
developing the inter-relation
ships and common responsibili
ties of man with God and man
with man.” It should add a lot
to the depth of one’s prayer life.
To the student lovers of Em
ily Dickinson comes Theodora
Ward’s Emily Dickinson’s Let
ters. There is also for biography
lovers several new books, two
of which are Henry James by
F. W. Dupee and A King’s Story,
the memoirs of the Duke of
Windsor. The latter tells of Ed
ward’s struggle, ending in his
abdication, for happiness and of
“perhaps the gravest personal
decision ever to face a sover
eign.”
The new historical novel.
Proud New Flags by F. Van
Wyck Mason should interest all
history majors especially in its
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treatment of the shipbuilding
problems of the South during
the civil war. Although the
book puts its accent on boilers
and other phases of shipbuild
ing, it remains a dramatic and
colorful story which shows the
effects of the war, emotionally
and imaginatively, on the lives
of the characters.
While Princess Elizabeth is
visiting the northern hemisphere
would be a wonderful time to
do a little reading on Great Bri
tain. A more delightful place to
start probably can’t be found
than by beginning with J. B.
Priestley’s Festival. This book
tells of a little town which did
not want to take part in the
1951 Festival of Britain since
they thought it would be only
another headache for the tax
payers. With good-natured par
ody, which he flings out lavish
ly, Mr. Priestley vividly des
cribes the town’s ultimate ef
forts in the festivities.
Fines
“Oh, goodness! That’s anoth
er two cent fine! Won’t I ever
learn to take my books back to
the library on time?”
It’s the strangest thing to me
that some people can remem
ber when their books are due
and others have to be reminded.
The latter people probably don’t
realize that it takes a lot of
time for someone to do that
reminding. It would be so easy
to return books at the proper
hour and day with just a little
bit of practice in remembering
because most of us are in the
library at least once during the
day.
Quite a lot of girls think of
the money they pay for late
books as nothing more than
a penalty. This isn’t altogether
true; the money paid in fines is
put to some practical purpose for
student comfort and use in the
library. Not too many girls
know, for example, that the Ve
netian blinds in the reserve
reading room were bought with
an accumulation of fine money.
The library plans to do other
things to add to the physical
attractiveness of our place for
study in the near future.
There is always a reason for
books to be returned to the li
brary, so remember to be
prompt, but if, by chance, you
should be late, don’t gripe about
the fine you pay since it will
come back to you in some form.
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