What Do You Suggest Be Done?
One of the most confusing and disturbing elements which constantly
confronts anyone who is interested in seeing Meredith progress is the
manner in which we students so lightly accept our responsibilities ds
citizens in this our college community. No matter how much aiiyone
endeavors to promote any cause or stir up any real thinking on any issue,
it is seldom that adequate support is given these endeavors. We get
quite angry and feel very proud of our own self-righteousness when
others do not do exactly as we feel they should, but we never worry about
ourselves. Oh, no. We are too busy, always too busy.
Just what do people mean when they complain about how much they
have to do? Do they mean school work or extra-curricular activities?
We are not here advocating that everybody henceforth accept every
task that presents itself, for we can just as easily become too involved in
too many activities as we can slip, into the habit of sitting back and
letting the other fellow do the work. What we are pleading is that when
a student accepts a position (no matter how insignificant it may seem),
she should resolve to do all in her power to see that her task is done
efficiently and without complaint and endeavor to see how much of
the work can be given to someone else. As it is now, almost all of the
really constructive work that is done on this campus is done by the same
faithful few, who will go ahead and do the work rather than see a cause
dwindle into nothingness.
We are of the opinion that if the prevailing attitude on this campus
is any indication of the sort of thinking that prevails on other college
campuses, then the future that is to be shaped by our generation should
indeed be viewed with fear and trembling.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR . . .
Where is all of that school spirit we’ve been working on? Meredith
played Saint Mary’s in hockey Monday a week ago, and Saint Mary’s
had more substitutes than Meredith had supporters. We don’t expect
you to go to the games away from school, but it does seem that you, the
student body, could support us when we play on home ground. Meredith
did have ten loyal supporters, and for them the team was appreciative,
but what happened to the other five hundred and ninety students? Girls,
and especially Meredith girls, are always complaining about having no
campus activities, but, when we do have some, look at how few students
show up.
I don’t mean to be preaching, but 1 sincerely feel that this is a problem
that should claim the attention of every member of the Meredith student
body.
Cathy Yates
BE THANKFUL ...
Have you ever tried to emumerate the blessings for which you, per
sonally, are thankful? The list goes on and on, doesn’t it? Even limiting
that list to a certain phase of your life, such as your stay at Meredith,
still leaves an innumerable amount of things for which to be grateful.
But the majority of these blessings are taken for granted—perhaps re
membered on ITianksgiving Day—but certainly not continually. If you
would remember these gifts, you would be less apt to become bogged
down in the detail of day to day studies, and would have that broader
concept of your college experience which makes life the more exciting
and rewarding. For your own sake, pause in the middle of every day
and offer up a prayer of thanksgiving, remembering that we are always
indebted to the Giver of our whole being.
There will be an All-Mozart Concert in our auditorium this coming
Monday night, given in honor of the 200th anniversary of Mozart’s birth.
This is the second event on the Lecture-Concert Series. The public is
cordially invited.
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Editor... Margaret Anne English
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SheNANigans
By EDWARD M. LOWRY
As told to NANCY JOYNER
(Note; A few nights ago I was
a fly on the wall when Dr. Lowry
was telling Katie a bedtime story.
This is what I heard.)
Skipalong Hossidy lived in the
Big Rock Candy Mountains with his
horse, Easter Egg, and his dog
Chew-bone. Now his house was not
an ordinary log cabin. It was made
of' Tootsie Rolls. In front of the
cabin, running up hill, was the Cider
River (one day a year it ran back
wards. Then it was hard cider and
Skipalong could skate on it.)
The Big Rock Candy Mountains
were very unusual. The one across
the river was made of chocolate
fudge topped with divinity. Easter
Egg and Chew-bone never had to
worry about their next meal; they
just took a bite of mountain.
One day Skipalong woke up to
find that the divinity-topped moun
tain had moved over, and in its
place was a pecan-brittle.
Skipalong said, “Chew-bone, do
you notice anything unusual about
the mountains?”
Chew-bone and Easter Egg ex
changed intelligent glances and
nodded.
Then Skipalong said, “Let’s in
vestigate this!” So off they started.
The three gathered their sleeping
bags and cider jugs and made their
way toward the grandfather of the
mountains. Big Rock Candy itself.
On the way they met a dinosaur
who said, “Hi, fellows, my name is
Dinny.”
Skipalong decided that he was a
rare kind of dinosaur, a friendly
one, so he asked him if he would
like to join them. Dinny said he’d
love to, as he was getting low on
food. You see, he ate salted
chocolate covered peanuts, with
paprika, and they were rather
scarce.
The group camped for the night
and the next morning the mountains
had changed again. For days they
watched and finally, after Dinny
had conferred with Easter Egg (he
could understand Horse Latin, you
see) they decided to stay up at
night.
That night they put rocks in their
sleeping bags to pretend that they
were sleeping. It looked very nat
ural, because Skipalong was very
hard headed. Presently they saw
group of little brown gnomes come
around from the side of Big Rock
Candy and begin turning a crank
That was how the mountains were
moved. As the crank turned new
mountains kept rolling out of the
side of Big Rock. There was a salt
water taffy with jaw breaker cliffs
and a caramel one that hac
chocolate-revel glaciers, and many,
many more.
Dinny sauntered up to the little
brown gnomes and said, “Hi, fellers,
what are you doing that for?”
The gnomes were taken by sur
prise and stopped cranking right off.
“Glurb, haunts ischa bibbel,”
they said, which Dinny translated
to mean, “Why, variety is the spice
of life!”
Skipalong said. That’s a very
good idea,” and Chew-bone and
Easter Egg exchanged intelligent
glances.
Dinny asked “Hey, fellers, do
you make mountains to order?”
They nodded and Dinny told them
what he/wanted. Soon out came the
biggest, most scrumptuous moun
tain you can imagine. It was choco
late covered peanuts, generously
sprinkled with salt and paprika, iced
with cherry marmalade and topped
with whipped cream.
Now Skipalong, Easter Egg, and
Chew-bone are happily enjoying a
different mountain every day, and
Dinny has plenty to eat.
As I buzzed quietly away I heard
Katie, wide-eyed as ever, say,
“Daddy, I want a drink of water.”
November 18, 1955
]\EWS FROM THE
DAY STVDEYTS
By BETTE NOCK
Our congratulations this week are
divided between two of our day stu
dents. Each has made two advance
ments within the past month. Jean
Puckett, our D.S., president, was'
elected May Queen!! Not only does
Jean have beauty, but she also has
brains and a winning personality,
for she will be listed in “Who’s Who
in American Colleges and Univer
sities.” Needless to say, we are very
proud to be able to call Jean one of
us.
What more could any Meredith
angel want than to don a cap and
gown and a diamond ring within
the same month? That’s what hap
pened to Kathleen Matthews. She
was seen not long ago proudly
wearing her cap and gown and mer
rily saying “I don’t know how long
I’ll keep it, but at least I’ll wear
it Founders’ Day.” Last week Kath
leen came to school with a beautiful
diamond on her left hand. As soon
as the word spread around, Gwen
Maddrey and Faye Wheeler began
madly to plan an engagement
dinner. They invited everybody in
the Day Student room at the time
(Ziggy Smits, Donna Ellington, and
Hazel Wiggins), rounded up the
bride-to-be, and went to the fash
ionable “Roy’s” to celebrate.
CLUB NOTES
Spanish Club
S.G. OFFICERS
HOLD MEETING
On November 10 and 11, the of
ficers of the Southern Intercollegiate
Association of Student Government
met here at Meredith for a planning
conference for the spring conven
tion, which is to be held at Hatties
burg, Mississippi. Meredith has
been an active member of this or
ganization for many years. Last
year, Meredith had as its delegates,
Betty Vance and Mary Kiser, at
Mary Washington College in Fred
ericksburg, Virginia.
The five girls attending this plan
ning conference were representing
Mississippi State College for
Women, Mary Washington College,
Mississippi Southern College, Uni
versity of Georgia, and West Hamp
ton College. Thursday night our
Student Government had after-
dinner coffee for the B.S.U., A.A.,
and S.G. to meet the visitors. These
representatives met in the Alumnae
House with Mr. Elmer Paul Brock
from Pennsylvania, advisor to the
group.
La Tertulia Spanish Club re
cently elected officers as fol
lows: President—Beverly Rowand,
Vice-President — Wilma Owens,
Secretary — Janet Jenkins, Treas
urer — Sara Williams.
Beverly Rowand of Morristown,
Tenn., is a junior Spanish major.
She is a member of the Twig staff,
Astrotekton literary society, and
Sigma Pi Alpha, an honorary mod
ern language fraternity.
Wilma Owens, a junior from
Farmville, N. C., has a double major
in Spanish and mathematics. She is
also in Sigma Pi Alpha, the Cana-
day Mathematics Club, and the
Philaretia literary society.
Janet Jenkins, Winston-Salem,
N. C., is a sophomore home eco
nomics major. She is a member of
the Home Economics Club and the
Philaretia society.
Sara Williams, Tabor City, N. C.,
is a sophomore majoring in religion.
She is a Philaretian and is in the
college chorus.
Tyner Education Club
The Tyner Education Club held
its monthly meeting on November
8, which was during National Edu
cation Week.
The club has decided to become
a member of the Future Teachers of
America Association. During this
meeting, the club voted to name its
chapter in honor of Bunyan Yates
Tyner, former professor in Mere
dith’s education department.
Next Civic Music
Concert Will Be Soon
On Deeember 1, the Santa Ce
cilia Choir, under the direction of
Bonaventura Somma, will present
the next Civic Music concert. This
choir is the oldest musical institu
tion existing in the world today,
being founded in 1566 by the great
composer, Palestrina.
The membership of the Academy
IS limited to 100 musicians. Seventy
of these must be Italian, the re
mainder, foreigners.
The repertoire of the choir covers
all periods and nationalities, with
emphasis on the Italians from Pales
trina to the present day. The fol
lowing numbers will be presented
by the Santa Cecelia Choir here in
their concert: "Adoramus te
Christe,” Palestrina; “Ava Maria”
Victoria; “Ave Verum,” Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart; “Two Christmas
Songs of the 13th Century”; “Nenia
Pastorale,” Bonaventura Somma.