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
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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
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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,
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GIRLS FIND EUROPE A PLACE OF
ADVENTURE, EDUCATION, AND FUN
Compliments of
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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.
In Paris we joined a group of
twenty-two college students and
spent the next thirty days seeing
France, Belgium, Holland, Germany,
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Austria, Italy, and Switzerland by
bus. 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
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