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THE TWIG
May 22, 1953
GUEST EDITORIAL
WHAT’S GOOD IN MEREDITH GIRLS?
LETTERS TO EDITOR
A former faculty member visiting on campus this year said, “Chapel
speakers usually spend most of their time talking about what’s wrong
with students. 1 think that speakers at Meredith should talk more often
about what’s good in the girls.” That is my theme.
Meredith girls are not armed with knives. They do not eat loco weed
and go on a spring spree of destruction. We and our property enjoy
a safety envied by many college and public school communities.
Night film has been removed from the faces in our classrooms.
The hair sprouting from our cerebral areas is combed. Ears are washed-
behind. Dresses are not only clean, they have style. Some of them give
one a genuine aesthetic thrill. Not thus do damsels strike the eye on
all campuses.
Book Teas and many casually assembled dormitory groups are
marks of a student body with intellectual and spiritual interests that
transcend grade-gunning. •
Remember the note on the bulletin board a few months ago inviting
faculty members to break cafeteria lunch lines? In managing a sched-
ule, faculty members and students follow the same impersonal clock.
Faculty members receive as many minutes a year as students receive.
Students need as much time as teachers need. But how delightful to
live where grace goes beyond necessity!
When the Greeks made a clay jar, they had all that was necessary
for carrying water. Then an exuberance of spirit urged the Greeks to
mold about the edge of the jar a wreath of flowers or a procession of
youths and maidens. This decoration, foolishly unnecessary for bring
ing water into the house, the Greeks oalled the “grace. The invitation
for faculty to cut the cafeteria line is only one of many signs of
exuberance of Meredith spirit that flowers into graciousness.
Meredith Library is a place in which one can relax and read. Loud
voices and piercing whispers are left outside.
Probably we shall forever see some Meredithians throwing paper
cups and chewing gum wrappers on the driveway and lawns, some
coming late to chapel, some chewing gum, some paying less than
courteous attention to speakers, some putting out more energy on cpmic
books and true confessions than on Shakespeare, Einstein, and Plato.
During the summer we may conceive plans for improving Meredith
But let’s spend some warm hours remembering what was good about
us this year. And when we become drowsy over memories of our own
perfections, let’s wake up to remember for a while what was good
about the other people on campus in 1952-1953.
Dr. Ethel lilley
Dear Editor,
Commencement is almost here.
Commencement with its caps and
gowns, its speeches, its joy, and its
tears. Those tears will hardly be for
this past year, because it has been
a full year. First was Orientation
Week. Before it was forgotten on
came Rush Week, Saturday football
games, Halloween, the Corn Huskin’
Bee, Thanksgiving vacation, and
then creeping weeks before the
thrill of Christmas. The fall was
crammed, packed, stuffed, but yet
there were a few extra minutes.
There was probably at least one
Saturday when we slept all after
noon.
Back from Christmas, the threat
of exams claimed our attention. As
soon as we finished one semester
the other one was here, and we
started all over again. Classes, Re
ligious Emphasis Week, student re
citals, parallel reading, campus
elections, and Easter vacation. All
of these were gone through with,
but yet. . . . Then came the fun of
Faculty-Student Playday, term pa
pers, spring registration, and finally
the Junior-Senior Banquet. A year
of fun it has been, but it seems that
we have had more fun at other
times.
Plans for Class Day are now in
progress; that will be a glorious
week end, when the seniors graduate
in true tradition. They will prob
ably look back, also, and wonder if
the year was complete. It was full;
yes, but was it complete? Some
thing seems to be missing.
Could it possibly be Palio?
Ruth Jeanne Allen.
Wedding Bells for
Meredith Girls
SALUTE TO THE FRESFIMEN
When a freshman leaves home to begin Orientation Week, her im
pressions of college are essentially the same impressions she received
during Hospitality Week End the preceding spring. She sees her packed
suitcases, filled with clothes, high school souvenirs and room furnish
ings. She and Dad have it all settled about the weekly allowance^
And so, with the inde|>cndence of having a new bank book and ot
being on her own, she is impatient to get the good-byes over and to
enter “College,” a fine grown-up word that is at last applicable to
Responsibility and initiative don’t worry the prospective freshman.
She’s confident that she has always had those qualities. As she
enters college, she’s cocky, pert, and satisfied in exploring her new
interests. There are schedule cards to fill and a whole new bewilder
ing language about hours and quality points to learn. Tl^re are
buddings to find, too — and delightful lingo about Cow College
and “Angel Farm” that give her a certain priority (she thinks) over
the girls from Peace and St. Mary’s. She’s never been to a fraternity
party in her life. She’s never written an outline m her ite. In tact,
life itself is very new and different, and there is much to learn.
So much to learn. Far more than she realizes Girls becomes home
sick and a few drop out. The responsibility of daily vocabulary and
paragraphs in English — history and biology tests on the same day —
maps to correct and collateral to read weighs down upon her. She
cannot see that, rather than stifling the freedom of her mind and
the independence of her spirit, the drudgery of routine work is open
ing new doors for her.
And so the freshman finds herself in a bewildering position. She
feels insecure — too old — and much too proud — to cry, yet, too
young and inexperienced to know how to handle the situation^ All
the guidance and counselling available cannot help her. Getting alo g
in college and life is a problem she must work out herself.
The Freshman Class of this year is to be commended. According to
Miss Margaret Schwartz, assistant dean, and our own observations,
the class Ls shown outstanding leadership. So far, only five of the
177 freshmen have withdrawn; two more left because of academic
deficiencies. The fact that fifteen freshmen were on the Deans List
last fall shows that their emotional control and stability have fos
tered better academic application than that of previous freshmen
clcisscs
The freshmen have also been well-adjusted, socially. Though nine
strict campuses and twenty-four lenient campuses were reportecE the
fSmen from the start have generally, and in good spirit, obeyed
regulations. Freshmen girls, particularly, are dressed to look like college
girls when you meet them uptown. Chapel conduct of the freshmen, as
a whole, his been above reproach, both in the daily ^«niing ^mces
and during lectures. Also, there have been many incidences of freshmen
turning themselves in in respect of the Honor System.
The superior leadership of the freshmen has resulted in better
school spmt. As evidenced in their winning Stunt NighE (he fresh-
meThave worked hard as a group in school activities. They are al
ways well represented at the Phi and Astro meetings. All clubs open
to freshmen members have a good quota of freshmen m them; there
are freshmen representatives on the staffs of the three publications.
Meredith is proud of the overall excellence of her little sisters.
According to Miss Schwartz, it was a particularly hard task to choose
the fourteen freshmen counsellors because of the many outstanding
members of the class. Even though the other 163 freshmen are not
officially counsellors, we are confident that their example will do
much to strengthen the incoming Freshmen Class.
Dear Editor,
This letter may be a bit on the
unusual side, but 1 hope that some
good will come of it. Considering
the fact that so many of the boys
lere in Korea are faced with the
same problem that we of the Sixth
and our Maintenance Detachment
are, 1 have decided to try my best
to remedy the situation. Being the
Company Mail Clerk, I have no
ticed that several members of the
outfit have not been receiving the
mail that they should to keep their
morale up to par with what an
American soldier’s must be to en
dure this life. It gives me a funny
feeling to say “No” to these people
when I hold mail call. I hope that
a few of the girls at Meredith might
be able to aid me in this cause. Fol
lowing will be a few names;
Pfe Charles E. Andrews
US 51 190 382
6th Trans. Co. (Heptr.)
APO 20 in care of Postmaster
San Francisco, California
Diplomas and diamonds seem to
be the key words that can unlock
the thoughts of many Meredith stu
dents this last month of school. With
exams upon them, these lucky girls
can relax at intervals of studying
by planning furniture, homes, and
budgets.
June 1 will be a milestone for
seniors, but the excitement of
graduation is being rivaled by wed
dings by two Meredith girls, Ann
Partin and Nancy Jo Wallis. Ann,
who will marry Charlie Cecil Hol
land of South Boston, Virginia at
four o’clock, is setting the new pre
cedent at Meredith of being married
on the campus. Her wedding cere
mony in the small auditorium will
be performed by Dr. Broadus Jones
of the First Baptist Church in Ra
leigh. Melrose Cannady, her room
mate, is maid of honor. Marshals
include Margaret Ingram, Velma
Smithwick, Nancy Tew, and Linda
White. After the wedding, the
couple will live in South Boston.
Nancy Jo Wallis, who will marry
Bob Fleming, a State graduate, is
planning a small formal wedding at
the Temple Baptist Church in Ra
leigh. Nancy’s father, a Baptist min
ister, is coming from Illinois to
perform the ceremony. Nancy plans
to follow Bob when he enters the
service around July 1.
In addition to an academic edu
cation, college has brought prospec
tive husbands to Marian King anc
Mary Estes, bride-elects of tljis sum
mer. Marian, who will marry Joe
Pollard, a former classmate
Campbell College, is planning
July wedding. Both plan to live in
Raleigh. Joe will be affiliated with
the Western Electric Company
while Marian might teach.
Mary Estes met Bob Speight a
a Sigma Nu Rush party at State in
her sophomore year. Two weeks
after the wedding at Chevy Chase,
Virginia, on August 8, they will heac
for Oklahoma where Bob will work.
Martha Baird and Mary Ann God
win will be'bridesmaids at the wee
ding.
For many Meredith students,
though, college life could not erase
their connections with the young
people of their home-towns. On
June 20, Janne Dawson of Charlotte
will marry Bill Phillips who was
“just an old friend of the family’s”
until last summer. Bill is in Wash-
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Hustle and bustle!!! Everybody s
busy with something, or more often,
several things at once. Nothing like
everything happening at the same
time, is there???
Signs of the times: hot sunny
days; refreshing dips in the pool,
ice cream and cokes from the Bee
Hive, especially around 10 o clock
at night; the quietness of the early
morning just before the first bell ^
rings; noise everywhere, all the ■
time; voices floating across campus.
Then there are . . . parties,
dances, classes, recitals (I’ve been
to more in the last two weeks than
all the rest of my life put together)
dates, exams to study for, and . . .
last but not least . . . GRADUA
TION for those lucky seniors.
We underclassmen are always
saying how much we envy the sen- ^
iors because they are finally get
ting out.” Well ... I know that
often it seems as though college is
hard and unendurable, but stop and
think now — aren’t you seniors go
ing to miss Meredith next year, and
Jso, aren’t the rest of us rather look
ing forward to another year? Now
be honest with yourself when
you answer.
The play by Maxwell Anderson
about Joan of Arc that Dr. Ed
win M. Poteat read in chapel the
other day made the chapel service
one of the most inspiring I have ex
perienced this year. As was pointed
out in the play, we all need to have
an enduring faith in these troubled
times. Although we all gripe (and
I am just as guilty as anyone else)
about having to attend chapel so
often, I know that we paid close at
tention that day. Chapel is not half
so bad if you listen once in a while.
I found in the morning paper a
fact that should be of particular in
terest to those girls getting a hus
band this summer: “In one state
there’s no limit to the number of
hours a woman may work — state
of matrimony.”
And then, if you are not yet
aware that the hot weather has ar
rived:
“Spring is here;
How do I know?
A little virus told me so.”
Good luck to the departing sen
iors, and happy vacation to
EVERYBODY!!!!
Pfe Donald L. Horn
RA 16 400 099
150th Trans. Cargo Heptr. Fid.
Main. Det.
APO 20 in care of Postmaster
San Francisco, California
Cpl Joseph T. Conlin
RA 12 334 395
6th Trans. Co. (Heptr.)
APO 20 in care of Postmaster
San Francisco, California
Pfe Thomas J. Boyle
US 55 247 034
6th Trans. Co. (Heptr.)
APO 20 in care of Postmaster
San Francisco, California
Yours truly,
Donald A. Mason
RA 11 220 407
Unit Mail Clerk
Dr. Keith, Dr. Wallace
Attend Regional Meet
Dr. Alice Keith and Dr. Lillian
Wallace are attending a regiona
meeting of the State Litera^ and
Historical Association at Winston
Salem this weekend. May 22-23
Dr. Keith, as vice-president of the
organization, will preside at the Sat
urday morning session. The pro
gram will be concerned with the
restoration of Old Salem Village.
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