October 1, 1954 THE TWIG Page three Behind the Scenes WE RECOGNIZE MARY KISER A girl who is an active worker be hind - the scenes, who regularly carries out many small though nec essary tasks without a great deal of recognition — this was the student the Twig staff looked for to be starred in our new feature, “Behind the Scenes.” And what better per son could they have chosen to be recognized first than Mary Kiser. For instance, when Mary Cobb Westbrook, president of the Play house, transferred unexpectedly at the beginning of the year, there was a delay of several weeks before a new president could be elected. During these crucial first weeks, Mary, vice-president, willingly car ried out all the duties of getting re-organized and putting on an On- Stage Party. If you don’t know how much work this was, ask any Play house member. Or if you really want to know what sort of person Mary is, ask a freshman on first Vann. Mary is hall proctor there this year and has al ready endeared herself to all her freshmen—consoling the homesick ones, livening hall meetings with her friendly humor, or just dropping in for a chat. Perhaps you know Mary as the tall, brown-eyed girl behind the counter in the Bee Hive, with a friendly smile for everyone. She is working there to help pay her way through college. Also outstanding in her high school, Mary was a member of, the Beta Club, the Future Homemakers of America, and the Glee Club. She had leading parts in two plays. “Fresh as a Daisy” and “A Ready made Family.”' And she was es pecially proficient in athletics. In fact, she won thirteen medals in cluding a sportsmanship medal, sev en miniature basketballs, and five trophies in basketball. Her studies were not neglected either; she grad uated as co-valedictorian of her class. Active in the Freeman Religion Club and other religious activities on campus, Mary plans someday to be a missionary. Her father is a Mary Kiser is shown above behind the counter in the Bee Hive. Baptist minister in Fork, North Carolina. To end this brief sketch of this issue’s “Behind the Scenes” student, we will just tell you that she likes people, likes music, and likes to eat. ^ FRESHMEN ELECT (Continued from page one) leyball and food are also high on her list. She is a religion major and hails from Concord. Uncertain about her major, Louise likes all kinds of athletics. She was president of the GAA in high school and chosen as the best girl athlete in her class. This friendly freshman was also sec retary of her Student Government and president of the Senior Tri-Hi-Y. Martha is a, primary education major and likes painting. In high school she was president of the House of Representatives and a member of the Honor Society. Bicycles and Hockey Head A.A. Activities Two years of patient collecting of Blue Horse wrappers has fi nally paid off. The students now have two new bicycles! This year we won one Blue Horse bicycle, and according to a previous bar gain, the A.A. bought an additional one. Both bicycles are being kept in the A.A. room and will be ready for immediate use. Hockey season is here again, so come on out to the hockey field every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday afternoon at 5 o’clock to join in the game. Later in the season there will be inter-collegiate games with the University of North Carolina and other nearby schools. Meredith! We're Here BSV’s MAKE PLANS FOR YEAR Shirley Spoon, Meredith B.S.U. social chairman and also state so cial chairman, took part in meetings of the state officers and staff di rectors Friday and Saturday, Sep tember 24 and 25. The meetings were held in the state headquarters office in downtown Raleigh. At the B.S.U. planning confer ence held on campus September 7 and 8, Shirley McLean led the Council in interpreting the 1954- ’55 theme, “For 'We Have This Min istry,” in terms of needs at Mere dith. Each officer has responsibility for a “family” of new students, will visit regularly and inform these members about plans of the B.S.U., and will seek actively to enlist them in church membership in some Ra leigh congregation. There is special concern for those girls who have never come into the fellowship of any church group as sharing mem bers. Dowd Davis of the University of North Carolina, state B.S.U. president, spent one afternoon with the Meredith officers. By PAM HARTSELL The long summer days soon be came short, uneasy, exciting sum mer days as the first of September found its place on the calendar at last. The last minute trips to the dime store, department store, and most important of all, the grocery store, were made in order to com plete that mile-long list of “college musts” which we clipped from Mad emoiselle. Excitement spread like fire through the home towns as the lists of those attending the various colleges in the fall were published in the daily papers. We were so proud to see our names under the heading, Meredith College. Since that time our names have been on many lists which definitely concern Meredith. While some had been dreading the ring of the alarm on Septem ber 8th, others had been counting the hours in absolute exuberation. Maybe our thoughts went something like this: think of all the free time we will have to play tennis, eat, go to the movies, eat, ride horses, eat, play bridge, eat, write letters, eat, talk, eat, date, eat, go on hikes, eat, read novels, eat, and go home on weekends. Just think, there will be those darling rooms waiting for us. I heard that the floors were covered from wall-to-wall. (But I didn’t know they meant with dirt, and not with carpet.) Thoughts immediately after ar rival were still full of enthusiasm. There were just all sorts of things to be done to amuse oneself. You know, I heard they have a little place called “Roy’s” right across the street and when you get hungry, no matter what time it is, you just UZZLE’S SODA SHOP A good place to meet and eat Morrissette’s ESSO Service 2812 Hillsboro Street RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA PHONE 9241 “Our Care Saves Wear” give Roy a ring, and they will hustle right up here with the grub. I guess you have to pay for it though; you just can’t expect the college to do everything. Meredith must really be an ex citing place because I think it was named for some bees and oak trees. Just everything up here is con cerned with hives, oak leaves, twigs, acorns, and I don’t know what all. While I was looking over that nice little handbook they sent us I noticed things like quiet hours (that must be when you can listen to your own Nat King Cole records in pri vacy), lights out (I think that means during the daytime; I bet the bills do get pretty high up here), limiting phone calls (to at least one hour; remember there are other girls who want to use the phone), and cuts (that’s something about not cut ting one class over 3 times a week or something like that). After a week’s time: what did I say about free time, eating, going to movies, or just plain recreating?- Honey, there just isn’t any such thing. That dreaded alarm goes off at 7:00 on the dot every morning, and it is time to go to stand in line for breakfast. If you don’t eat a few bites, your stomach comes forth with the most original organ recital during 12:00 class that your English professor strongly suggests that you sign up to be a music ma jor. After several lengthy apologies, (Continued on page four) GIRLS FIND EUROPE A PLACE OF ADVENTURE, EDUCATION, AND FUN Compliments of FOOD MARKET SERVE-SELF 3828 Hillsboro Street By PAT BOWEN If you see a girl walking around campus with that dreamy look in her eyes and blisters on her feet, further investigation will probably prove the girl is either Ruth Jeanne Allen, Nancy Hall or me. The three of us plus two graduates of ’54— Dot White and Brooksie Stone— have just returned from that long dreamed of tour of Europe. I am sure any one of the group would agree that we spent nine of the most glorious and educational weeks of our lives during-the summer of 1954. Before sailing on June 8, we spent a week sightseeing in southeastern Canada, visiting Niagara Falls, Montreal, and the quaint old city of Quebec. The fact that we were foreigners became evident when a lady walked up to us in Montreal and in her very “English” English asked the direction to a nearby ca thedral. Before I could complete a sentence in my slow southern drawl she looked around and asked, “Don’t any of you girls speak Eng lish?” Yes, we were destined to te “you all” for the summer. Over seven hundred excited stu dents from all over the United States stood on the decks of the “Arosa Kulm” as she sailed down the St. Lawrence River, with tug boat whis tles blowing, bands playing, and crew members rushing about. We were going to Europe for many and varied reasons—adventure, church work, education, romance, and some merely for the love of travel. After ten days of carefree fun, we landed at Le Havre, France and boarded one of those little French compart ment trains for Paris. “Gay Paree” is truly the mer riest and most romantic city of them all. Here we rode an elevator to the very top of the Eiffel Tower, visited the nightclub district and the Moulin Rouge, and ate at sidewalk cafes. Our first night in Paris a group of us decided to walk through the Turlerie Gardens to the Arch of Triumph. On the map it seemed a short distance, but the next day someone informed us we had walked two and a half miles! When we finally got to the other end of the gardens at 11 p.m., we found to our horror all the gates were locked. There the six of us stood behind a six foot wall, in a strange country, where none of us spoke the language. We started yelling, but the people on the street outside merely shrugged their shoulders and continued on their way. We had about reconciled ourselves to spen9- ing our first night in Paris on a park bench, when someone realized our predicament and went for a police man, who let us out just in time to catch the last metro (subway) back to the hotel. 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We had many memorable and exciting experiences. We rode a cable car to the top of the Alps and had a snowball fight in July. Nothing could be more romantic than a Saturday night gondola ride in the charming old city of Venice, with a full moon shining above! And swimming on the Italian Riv iera is a perfect way to celebrate the Fourth of July. What could be more thrilling than climbing to the very top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa? We even stood in front of St. Peter’s Cathedral in Rome at high noon to receive the Pope’s bless ing, and I actually threw two coins in the Fountain of Trevie! After our tour of the Continent, the five of us from Meredith crossed the English Channel at Dover and spent eight busy days in England. If you can imagine five girls run ning around the world’s largest city alone you will get some idea of the fun we had seeing the historic places. We were actually lucky enough to stand within a few feet of Queen Elizabeth as she rode down one of the back streets of London, and she waved right to us. We were very impressed by her beauty and poise. After the Royal party had passed we began talking excitedly of the Queen’s clothes and everyone of us was positive she was wearing a different color. But you bet each girl could describe perfectly the Duke, her handsome husband. Qf course there are many edu cational advantages in a trip to Eur ope. We saw the world’s greatest art as we looked into the eyes of the Mona Lisa in Paris, walked through the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, and gazed at Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper in Milan. Attending Shakespeare’s Othello at the Me morial Theater in Startford-on- Avon, the Folk Dance Festival in Austria, the Qpera in Rome, and plays in London added much to our appreciation of the cultural things- of. life. History will never be a dead subject after visiting the places where it actually happened. I am sure anyone who goes to (Continued on page four) Rainbow Florist Phone 7647 Where Meredith and State Meet ROYS SPORTSWEAR DRESS COATS and SUITS ELITE SHOP Cameron Village