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THE TWIG
Maj 6, 1955
A Difficult Challenge
It is with a deep sense of humbleness that we, the new staff, present
to you, the reader, our first Twig. As editor, I now find myself placed
in a great position of responsibility, for besides keeping abreast of the
news and maintaining an efficient staff, I must do my best to make sure
that this publication at all times reports the news and happenings of
Meredith College in the best possible manner. This organ of our college
not only influences the thoughts of our campus but also shows outsiders
just what Meredith College is really like. It is this last idea that is so
challenging to our staff. Therefore, I am sure that I speak for all of us
when I say that we always will be open to suggestions from you and truly
are counting on your continued co-operation and contributions.
Bess and her staff have indeed made an enviable record. Editing and
putting together a newspaper is no easy task, as we discovered this past
week end. At one point, we were quite sure that you would receive a blank
issue! However, with much guidance, we finally succeeded in creating
this first paper. As time passes and we become more familiar with our
work, we sincerely hope that the Twig will go forward.
Therefore, we, the new Twig staff, accept our duties humbly and yet
with eagerness to push to greater heights the difficult challenge which
the others leave behind. To them go our thanks for a job well done!
THE OBSERVANCE OF MOTHER'S DAY
We who take Mothers’ Day for granted would do well to become aware
of its beginnings. The first Mother’s Day was celebrated in Andrews
Methodist Church, Grafton, West Virginia, in memory of Mrs. Anna R.
Jarvis, at the request of her daughter. Miss Anna M. Jarvis. In 1907,
two years after the death of Mrs. Jarvis, Miss Jarvis asked friends to
her home to commemorate the anniversay of her mother’s death. On
this occasion, the plans were made for a national memorial and Mother’s
Day as a national observance was begun.
Although we now usually take the morning church service to exalt
womanhood, formerly this service was longer and much more impressive.
White carnations, the floral emblem of motherhood, because of its sweet
ness, purity, and endurance were set in the platform of the church. After
a brief address on motherhood, the carnation salute, when each held high
his flower, was given. It is the custom today to wear white flowers for
a departed mother and the red flowers for a living mother.
Mother’s Day will mean more to each of us if we will remember the
deep religious significance and earnestness behind this occasion and honor
our own mothers accordingly.
HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY
“Honesty is the best policy’’—an old adage, but yet very applicable
to Meredith College campus. Dishonesty is in many forms—the most
common are stealing and cheating. These two are found at Meredith
to some degree; as the end of school draws nearer, there is a tendency
for these crimes to increase. In most cases, though, stealing and cheat
ing are limited to a very small percentage of the student body.
There is another form of dishonesty which is quite prevalent on our
campus. It is the kind that comes in the category of “little white lies”—
or the subtle evasiveness of indirect answers. Even details that are
changed by slight insinuations sometimes grow into larger and more
serious problems. Accepting responsibilities that you cannot, or do not,
fulfill is also classed in this “lukewarm” dishonesty—lukewarm dis
honesty that often erupts into a boiling hot situation. Into this class, the
offense of breaking into cafeteria lines is also inserted. There are many,
many more examples, but it should be sufficient to point out that as
mature college students—some of us even lofty seniors—we can solve
the problem by honesty in every situation and on every occasion.
r^uodcied Gole6bb FV«ss
EDITORIAI. STAFF
p ij.-,. Margaret Anne English
AssistanrEUitorZ::^'^^^^^ Barbas Seller
Managing Editors Mary Fran Oliver, Millie Harvey, Jane Maynard
EeatuFe Editor - Pani Hartsell
Art PHitnr Rachel Turnage
Editor::::z:::=^^^
Sports Editor ...Cathy Yates
Columnists Nancy Joyner, Margaret Tucker
Day Student Editor - - - ^ be elected
Reporters — Ruth Sperling, Eunice Durant, Sally Crook, Barbara Snipes,
Rovilla Myers, Peggy Mott, Bette Smith, Pat Corbett
Faculty Sponsor Dr. Norma Rose
BUSINESS STAFF
Business Manager Harriett Andrews
Advertising Manager - .Becky Miles
Circulation Manager Margaret Jo Jernigan
Asst. Circulation Manager Mary Frances Fulp
Advertising Staff — Betty Kellum, Lois Pond, Janet Dodson, Barbara
Churchill. Hazel Ayscue .. n i. d- u
Typists Maxine McRoy, Gertrude Bissette, Dons Daughtry, Polly Rich
ardson Marlene Reep, Ruby Britt, Beverly Roland, Marilyn McArthur
Chief Typist Frances Clark
Circulation Manager in Charge of Mail Kitty Holt
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PRICE LATIN CLUB
SHENANIGANS
Organized in the spring of 1954,
the Price Latin Club has done much
this year in fostering interest in the
Latin language under the leadership
of Jane Lancaster, president; Betty
Ann Smith, vice-president; Jane
Maynard, secretary; Jody Gibson,
treasurer; and Mrs. Zeno Martin,
sponsor. Programs for the six meet
ings held this year included a talk
by Dr. Poteat, Latin professor at
Wake Forest College; a Christmas,
party at Mrs. Martin’s home; a talk
by Dr. Helen Price, former Latin
teacher at Meredith, in which she
used slides that she made on her
trip to the Aegean region; a supper
at the Parkerteria, where H. Taylor
Vaden, Raleigh’s community Am
bassador to Denmark, spoke and
showed slides; and at the final meet
ing a play, entitled Magna Iter, given
in celebration of Latin Week. At
this final meeting, a gift was pre
sented to Mrs. Martin from the
Latin Club to thank her for all she
has done for the club. Jane Lan
caster, who has served excellently
as president this year and who did
much to organize the club, was also
recognized. The officers elected for
next year are as follows: Annis
Smith, president; Miriam Lundy,
vice-president; Anita Farris, secre
tary; Shirley Jordon, treasurer; and
Mrs. Martin, sponsor.
When I saw the exam schedule
posted last week,‘ it suddenly
dawned on me that those benigh up
perclassmen were telling the truth
who said that the second semester
fairly flies by. What with May Day,
Playday, graduation recitals, con
certs, threats of “panty raids” and
other unusual happenings, these last
few days have really proved to be
exciting.^
Mish strictly left me with some
mighty big shoes to fill (figuratively
speaking, of course!) when she gave
me her job for next year. At least
I’m glad she’ll still be around the
Twig office for, me to pester her
about how one goes about making
a column silly, interesting, and in
formative all at once, as she has
done for the past two years.®
Naming this thing was a terrible
problem. I thought of “Tessie’s Tid
bits” or “Smarty Marty,” but noth
ing goes with Nancy except nosey or
nonsense, and neither of those jibed
with my lofty concept of self-respect.
(Choke.) “Shenanigans” implies
nothing save a colloquial term for
trickery,^ and I hereby solemnly
promise not to trick anyone. Just
don’t believe everything I say.
Have you all heard the joke about
the taxi? It seems that a girl, who
was standing on a street corner, said
“Hey, call me a taxi.” The guy
standing near her said, “All right,
you’re a taxi.” That, dear friends.
is the best joke of the season, ac
cording to the girl who has been
telling it at every opportunity for
the past two months.*^
Haven’t the grounds been looking
good recently? We have such a big
lawn full of grass out in the court
that it smells extra good just after it
has been mowed. Mornings are so
much more interesting these days,
too.' They arrive sooner, and it isn’t
nearly so hard to get up for break
fast as it was last winter.
It’s an amazing thing to me how
girls, intelligent college students, no
less, will lie out in the sun for the
express purpose of getting a tan,
with the express purpose of looking
brown and beautiful in an evening
dress, and come creeping back three
hours later looking as bright and
unappetizing as a freshly boiled
beet. Of course, I suppose some peo
ple on campus have a little more
sense than I do about trying to get
tanned in a hurry.®
As you can probably see, I
haven’t quite forgotten my term
paper yet.^ But then, it didn’t affect
me, affect me, affect me. . . . See
ya
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1 Johnson Hall, bulletin board.
2 Ibid., college calendar,
»1953-1955.
‘ Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary.
= “Peanut” Swindler
« Rare exceptions, however.
’ My topic was “Hyde Park.” Anything
ou want to know about it?
s Passim, all over.
CLUBS ELECT OFFICERS
Playhouse
President Cathy Atkins
Vice-President Jeanne Grealish
Secretary ! Videau Joyner
Treasurer Kitty Holt
Sponsor' - - Mrs. Da Parma
Canady Math Club
President. Eleanor Chandler
Vice-President Mickey Kimbrell
Secretary-Treasurer Jeannette Saunders
Social Chairman ...Wilma Owens
Reporter..... Julia Abernathy
McDowell Music Club
President Alyce Pickelsimer
Vice-President Margaret Jo Jernigan
Secretary-Treasurer Peggy Bone
Social Chairman. Dianne Morris
Chorus Officers
President Marjorie Thore
Business Manager Jeanne Grealish
Publicity Chairman ^ Nancy Reese
Secretary Margaret Jo Jernigan
Treasurer .....Faye Wheeler
Librarian Molly James
BSU NEWS
There will be a workshop on Va
cation Bible School work sponsored
by the B. S. U. next Tuesday, May
13, from 4 to 6 p.m. It will be held
in the Hut with Ann Parr presiding.
Those students who are leading the
discussion groups are: Delores
Blanton, Nancy Drake, Marjorie
Jackson, Gwen Maddrey, Effie
Sneeden, and Jo Ellen Williams.
On Sunday, May 8, at 5:00 p.m.,
a delegation of Meredith students is
going to Duke. This delegation is
going with the idea of promoting
friendly relations between the two
colleges and supper will be served.
Transportation will be provided. All
those who are interested, contact
Shirley Spoon for further details.
The B. S. U. has recently chosen
its officers for the executive council
for next year. They are: Shirley
Spoon, president; Martha Ann
Roberts, enlistment vice-president;
Nancy Young, social vice-president;
Molly James, secretary; Jane May
nard, treasurer; Ann Parr, Y. W. A.
president and workshop chairman;
Pat Kerley, Sunday school director;
Janice Dennis, Training Union di
rector; Marjorie Jackson, program
chairman; Margaret Slate, music
chairman; Nancy Joyner, publicity
editor; Pam Hartsell, publicity
artist; Martha Bramlett, arrange
ments chairman; Joy Curtiss, exten
sion chairman; Martha Bone, Col
lege representation chairman; Mary
Katherine Cole, Presbyterian repre
sentative; and Sally Newton, Metho
dist representative.
The greater council, made up of
four committee members with each
of the officers acting as chairman for
a group, will be selected soon.
A picnic for all the college stu
dents in Sunday schools or training
unions in Raleigh is being planned
by the B. S. U. It is to be held at
the Chimney on Friday, May 13, at
6:00. Martha Ann Roberts is in
charge of planning the picnic. There
will be entertainment and good food
for all who wish to come.
FACULTY-SENIOR
PICNIC
The annual Faculty-Senior Picnic
will be held May 11. The time and
place of this event will be announced
soon.