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THE TWIG
May 1, 1953
Spanish Students Exchange Language Lessons
With Wife of Costa Rico State Student
“How arre you? Hab a seat.”
“Muy bien! gracias. Como esta
Vd.? Sus . . . ah . . . ninos . . .
como?”
These are the sounds you might
hear if you visited Mrs. Berta Dom
inguez, wife of a State College
student from Costa Rica, with
one of *the six Meredith girls who
go to see her weekly to teach
her English and to learn Spanish
from her. Mr. Dominguez and three
of their children are learning Eng
lish in school, but Mrs. Domin
guez and four-year-old Bertita do
not go to school, so Meredith Span
ish students are trying to help them
overcome the language difficulty of
living in a new country. At the same
time they are getting valuable, prac
tical help in their Spanish.
Caroline Jackson, president of the
Spanish Club, Jean Morton, as
sistant to the Department of Mod
em Languages, and Eva Townsend,
all Spanish majors, visit Mrs. Dom
inguez for the exchange lessons.
Jean Curry, who has a minor in
Spanish, Trudy Fitzgerald, and Nan
cy Drake are joining in the experi
ment.
Eva and Jean Morton have been
teaching her tenses and use of re
flexive verbs. They have discussed
the Spanish and English words for
various flowers and foods. Nancy
Drake has been explaining the Eng
lish words for colors, which in many
cases are similar to the Spapish.
The girls participating in the ex
change lessons are enjoying it. Here
is an excellent chance to get first
hand practice in using their Span
ish.
“I’m glad to have the chance
to know people from another coun
try,” Nancy says.
Trudy said she believes friendly
relations with individuals and fam
ilies from other countries are val
uable and fun, too
Meredith Student Body
Hears Dr. Alexander
retired autjiority on race relations.
Dr. Alexander, as vice-president
of the Julius Rosenwald Fund which
awards yearly fellowships to deserv
ing students, spoke in chapel April
24.
“We make investments for you,”
began Dr. Alexander. “In a three-
year trial period inaugurating the
fund, we distributed $50,000 among
seventy students. Of the mixed
races, 95 per cent made good. This
gave us such encouragement that
we awarded $125,000 per year af
terwards, still maintaining the 95
per cent average. We were looking
for the most intelligent students, not
the worthiest or the poorest ones.
“One of the chief factors deter
mining our selection of these su
perior students,” Dr. Alexander
continued, “was the personal essay
written by each applicant. We were
appalled by the lack of writing skill
of many of our southern applicants.”
Dr. Alexander, though he was
present at Meredith in an academic
capacity, said his initial impression
of Meredith was of its physical ap
pearance.
“I’m happy that my first visit to
the Meredith campus came in the
springtime,” Dr. Alexander re
marked after chapel. “I am most im
pressed by the marked beauty of the
campus.
“You may be interested in an
other one of our accurate guesses
of genius,” Dr. Alexander contin
ued. “Some years ago we took a
(Continued on page six)
Uzzle’s Soda Shop
A Good Place to Meet arid Eat
Our Southern high schools and
colleges should do a better job of
teaching students to write.
This is the opinion of William Will
Alexander, a recipient of the Har
mon National Award for service
in American Peace relations and a
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Sociology Students
Learn By Doing
Bernice Limer and Sarah Thom
as are participating in a program of
individual directed study in connec
tion with the Sociology Department.
This is a regular college course, open
only to senior Sociology majors. The
girls must choose a social agency
with which they would like to work,
get their jobs themselves, and'begin
work as student trainees. Bernice
chose to work with the Social Serv
ice department at Dix Hill. She says
she was first taken on a tour of the
hospital, shown the different types
of treatment the patients receive,
and the recreational facilities. She
has also attended major staff con
ferences. The majority of her time,
lowever, is spent doing office work,
answering letters from other hos
pitals requesting information about
the patients.
Sarah Thomas applied for a job
at the Mental Hygiene Clinic, and
began work immediately. Her work
consists of interviewing and filing.
The most important phase of this
work is interviewing relatives of
the patients to get their case history.
She obtains information which
might help solve the patient’s prob
lem. The difficulty of her work, she
says, lies in getting people to talk
about their problems.
Both girls agree that the experi
ence they are receiving is well worth
the two mornings they give up to
work. They are learning to deal
with all types of people.
BEHIND THE CURTAIN
Playhouse
All of us in the Playhouse are
looking forward to a successful
season in the coming year. I’m sure
you will agree because the follow
ing girls have been elected as offi
cers: Beth Morgan, president; Mary
Cobb Dickens, vice-president; Ann
Jane Barbrey, secretary; and Mary
Jo Griffin, treasurer. The roll book
shows that our membership is grow
ing rapidly. You, too, can become
a member by participating in one
of the major productions. So, if you
have a flair for the stage, a like
for painting, or costuming, or a
way with selling tickets, let us know.
We’ll be glad to have you enter our
group.
Evidence of the talent and skill
we have in the Playhouse surely hit
the limelight last week end when
Ellen Westmoreland and Fay Walk
er played in Tennessee William’s
Glass Menagerie. Old hands at act
ing, they kept the audience spell
bound with their portrayal of Mrs.
Wingfield and her crippled daugh
ter. Marcel Martin from State Col
lege did a handsome job of inter
preting the «on as Mr. Williams
meant him to be, and Lenny Ru
bin, a newcomer in our midst who
is also from State, did a convincing
part as the gentleman caller. Hats
off to all four and to Mrs. da
Parma, too! Ann McGugan de
serves honorable mention for the
scenery as does all the production
staff for their fine work.
Last week was a big week for the
Raleigh Little Theatre, also. They
had a full house every night for
Mr. Roberts. Hope you got to see
it.
SEYMOUR TROY L.IKES
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