THE TWIG
October 4, 1957
Shades of Dame Fashion
Seen on Meredith Campus
By PAGE SINK
This year autumn has come with
a whole new regala of fashions to
delight even the most fastidious of
dressers. Gone are the blooming
roses, the sweeping, wide-brimmed
hats and the bouffant scarves of the
“My Fair Lady” fashions of last
year, and in their place are neater,
less imitative, and much more
charming styles. This year’s well-
dressed lady will look a little less
like grandmother and a great deal
more like her French sister.
Just what will this year’s well-
dressed lady be wearing? First of
all, she will have a sheath for all
occasions: shopping, visiting, dating,
dancing, and dining. At last women
have discovered the wonder of
sheaths. They are not only comfor
table to wear, easy to pack and
simple to clean, but they are com
plimentary to every type figure.
Nothing will slenderize a stout lady
more than a simple dark sheath.
And nothing will add pounds to the
tall, slender lady more than a
sheath with a blouson waist, big
hip pockets, full sleeves, or a draped
sash. This year the sheath has a
new feature, a soft, unfitted, un
belted waistline, which was created
for the girl with the perfect figure.
Around the sheath can be thrown
either a great coat with big sleeves
and collar or a slim, pencil coat.
Both are extremely good this fall,
but keep in mind that the great
coat must be a solid color so that
it can be dressed up or down. As
for the slim coat, it can play a
variety of rcfles. Herring bone tweed
with fur trim, one of the new un
scotch plaids, or a simple gray flan
nel have all found their home in
slim coats.
Suits are as many colored as
sheaths this fall. They can go any
where, if their wearers treat them
with due respect. For instance, a
white chiffon blouse, four strands
of pearls, and white kid gloves can
turn a fitted street suit into a charm
ing dinner ensemble. The most
fashionable suits this fall are the
ones with loose-fitting waistlength
jackets and fur trim.
Dame Fashion’s gift to college girl
— skirts and sweaters — appear
once again in full-blown glory.
Straight skirts, flared skirts, and
pleated skirts are matched with
bucky sweaters, novelty sweaters
and, of course, cashmere sweaters
to go to class, ball games, dinner
dates, movies, fraternity functions,
and even church. Knitting needles
are especially busy this year in girls’
schools, for college girls have found
it quite simple to knit their own
bulky and Shetland sweaters. Red
is a favorite with the skirt and
sweater set, but a red un-Scotch
plaid or tweed skirt with a match
ing sweater are taking the place of
the dyed-to-match outfits. Blouses
with button-down collars and button
cuffs, or Italian collared-shirts with
roll-up sleeves and monograms are
the passwords to campus fashion.
As for sports clothes, granny had
just better reconcile herself to the
fact that bermudas are here to stay,
and the prettiest of the lot this year
are those in herringbone tweed or
soft camel. Slacks and toreadors in
everything from gray flannel to ap-
pliqued velvet are gracing milady’s
figure. And these are matched with
Shetland sweaters. Ivy - League
shirts, white chiffon blouses, and
suit skirts. Kilts and shorts are be
coming more popular each season,
and are mated perfectly with leotard
tights of tinted colors. These tights
cover from toe to waist, and
can be found at stores carrying
Capezio’s.
Just a word about accessories
Beaver-pelt hats, contoured to fit,
are quite stylish, as are the squat,
satchel - like pocketbooks. And
shoes with pointed toes are here to
stay for quite a while. The fashion-
wise lady is insisting upon pointec
toes on all her new shoes. Milady
also has a complete glove ward
robe, with two pairs of short white
gloves and many other pairs in as
sorted hues.
All in all, this year’s fashionable
lady combines color, fabric, and
style to the best effect. But no mat
ter how fine a lady’s clothes may
be, they will be quite ordinary un
less accompanied by a straight back,
a firm chin, a steady, light gait,
and above all, a smile.
Hazel Hale models a fall outfit.
JOE COLLEGE
INTRODUCED
Last Year’s Grads
Are Keeping Busy
Katherine Godwin steps out in her
toreadors.
Speedball And Volleyball
Practice To Begin
Everyone! Join Anna Jay Jack-
son, Speedball Manager of the
A. A., in the afternoon on Tues
days and Thursdays at five o’clock
for a refreshing and invigorating
game of speedball. Of course, if you
chance to prefer a stimulating vol
leyball game, the girl to meet is
Marjorie Boyles, Volleyball Man
ager. She will be on the field on
Monday and Wednesday afternoons
at five and will welcome all enthusi
asts of the sport. So take your pick,
beginning October 7!
What is this activity about which
everyone is buzzing so excitedly
these days? And whom does it in
clude? Listen to this: It’s the Com
Huskin’ Bee and that means you!
So start banging your heads to
gether, girls, because the A. A. is
sponsoring this big event Octo
ber 25; and you won’t want to miss
any of the excitement. Keep your
eyes and ears open for more news
of the Corn Huskin’ Bee; it’s on
the way!
ORIENTATION WEEK
A BUSY ONE FOR FROSH
By SUSAN LEWIS
To a group of unlearned fresh
men, orientation is both an exciting
and mysterious word. So it sounded
to this year’s crop of freshmen and
transfers, and thus the experience
proved to be.
Not knowing that the night of
September 11, when they worked
so late moving into their new homes,
would be their last so-called free
night for many weeks to come, the
new students were somewhat dazed
at the hurried pace of things to
come.
Beginning September 12 there
were welcomes from almost every
one connected with the College;
tests on everything one knew and
some things one didn’t; training
classes on the handbook, catalogue
and use of the library; guid
ance classes; physical examina
tions; counsel groups; sutdent gov
ernment meetings; and parties—not
to mention all the new faces to be
added to the mental files on “Whom
Not to Forget,”
Meeting the people behind the
smiles, getting to know the strange
occupants of the hall, and finding
the way around campus proved to
be fun even with the weariness that
must accompany such a whirl wind
of activity.
The excitement began to tell on
MME ANNOUNCES
COLLEGE BOARD CONTEST
Mademoiselle is now accepting
applications from undergraduate
women for membership in its 1957-
58 College Board.
The magazine’s College Board
Contest offers a chance (for the
freshman as well as the senior) at
winning one of the twenty guest
editorships — a month on the staff
of Mademoiselle. Those who are
accepted on the College Board do
two assignments during the col
lege year. Assignments give College
Board Members a chance to write
features about life on their campus;
to submit art work and fashion as
well as feature, fiction or promotion
ideas for possible use in Made
moiselle; to develop their critical
and creative talents; to discover
their own abilities and job interests;
to win cash prizes and possibly pub
lication for outstanding work sub
mitted during the Contest.
The top twenty guest editors will
be brought to New York next June
to help write, edit, and illustrate
the August COLLEGE issue. They
will be paid a regular salary for
their month’s work, plus round-trip
transportation to New York City.
While in New York each guest
editor takes part in a full calendar
of activities. She interviews a celeb
rity in her chosen field, visits
newspaper offices, fashion work
rooms, stores and advertising agen
cies, besides working daily with the
Madempiselle editor to whom she is
assigned. The twenty guest editors
get help in finding positions in their
special fields, and each year several
join Mademoiselle’s own staff.
November 30 is the deadline for
applying for College Board Mem
bership. The tryout assignment this
year gives more latitude than ever
before for indicating your particular
talent in writing or art, fashion or
advertising, promotion or merchan
dising, or publicity.
Successful candidates will be
notified of acceptance on the Col
lege Board before Christmas; the
first College Board assignment will
appear in Mademoiselle’s January
issue.
For further information see the
August, September, October or No
vember issue of Mademoiselle
By MARGARET PARIS
A new type of social character
has arisen in our society, one
worthy of recognition and some at
tention. He has a name, and so by
that name we shall refer to him:
Joe College. Joe usually is found
only on college campuses; however,
he may bravely leave this natural
habitat and continue his existence
in the business world or in the pro
fessions.
Joe has certain physical charac
teristics that set him apart from the
common mass. He has a crew cut
and usually shaves at least once a
week — unless, that is, he belongs
to such exclusive in-groups as the
Kappa Alpha’s. He is of medium
height and weight. Blue eyes and
black hair favor his popularity with
members of the opposite sex.
Joe can also be recognized by
his dress. This is so important that
this writer understands some in
stitutions of higher learning are con
sidering teaching courses for those
who wish to imitate Joe’s dress. A
term has been developed to des
cribe his apparel: “Ivy League.”
The one outstanding thing in Ivy-
League clothes is a buckle. The
purpose of this buckle is hard to de
termine, but it is a definite re
quirement. All Joe’s trousers have
this buckle in the back. Since Joe
abides strictly by the rules of Ivy
League, this buckle will also ap
pear on the back of his plaid or
striped hat. As for shirts — Joe
would not have one unless it had
a button-down collar, center back
pleat and was a true Ivy stripe or
jlaid. His sports coat is three-button
and of the Ivy cut (narrow, so as
to reveal his remarkable Pepsi
ljuild.) Joe wears tassel loafers or
dirty bucks because from head to
toe he is IVY LEAGUE.
Now that we have identified Joe,
we can move on to his character
and personal tastes. Joe is one of
the boys, a regular fellow, a good
guy, and everyone’s buddy. He
dates only good girls, real dolls,
and knock-outs. He has a smooth
line and is always in the know. He
smokes Winstons because they taste
good the way a cigarette should. He
drinks Schlitz because it made Mil
waukee famous. He sends Hallmark
cards because he cares enough to
send the very best. He drives a
Jaguar because fast men need fast
cars. He listens only to progressive
jazz because it’s the latest. He al
ways has it made.
In other words, Joe is O. K. in
anybody’s book, a gung-ho sport,
and a vital factor in the happiness
of Meredith girls.
the latest additions to Meredith. In
the freshman pack, Jo Pope won
dered, “If orientation is this bad,
what will classes be like?” Emerg
ing from one of the two-hour tests
Camille Hicks had only a low “Ugh!’
to add. From the transfer clan,
which is supposedly an “old hand”
at this business, Sue Yelverton was
heard to breathe a long, tirec
“Whew!”
Since all good things must come
to an end, so registration brought
to a close the busy week of orien
tation. After two hours of lines and
schehule cards, followed by $45
worth of textbooks, some 205 fa
tigued freshmen and 50 tired trans
fers emerged victorious — at any
rate, oriented — and ready.* to
face the unknown of classes.
Be orientation enjoyable or
wearying or both, one factor re
mains constant: it is a necessary
and worthwhile procedure and one
which is no doubt here to stay!
As we begin a new school year
1957-1958 let’s look at what the
last year’s graduates, whose familiar
faces we miss on campus, are doing.
The majority of the 125 gradu
ates are now teaching in public
schools throughout our state. South
Carolina, and Virginia; eleven in
high schools, and twenty-four in the
grammer grades. In the special
fields eight are teaching public
school music, while Bobbie Yar
borough Brown is instructing Bible.
Since the list is far too great to
mention all the names, we must
continue.
Several industrious students are
continuing their education at gradu
ate schools. Among these are
Katherine King, who has a research
fellowship in biochemistry at the
Bowman Gray School of Medicine.
At Woman’s College Joyce Hern
don is a graduate assistant in home
economics; she is going to direct oiie
of the practice houses. Taking a big
leap to Rome, Italy, we find that
Annette Kahn is studying piano
there with plans to teach afterwards.
Back in the United States, Jeanne
Grealish is studying at the New Eng
land Conservetory, in Boston.
Several former Meredith stu
dents are employed in religious
work. Jo Ellen Williams Ammons,
Nancy Young, Gwen Maddrey, and
Lois Dobson are educational direc
tors in Baptist churches, while Gail
Fulbright becomes a member of the
personnel staff of the Foreign Mis
sion Board before she goes to the
seminary.
Wilma Owens and Mary Catherine
Cole, “math brains,” are in the
Aeronautical Testing Laboratory at
Langley Field, Virginia.
Many former Meredith “angels”
have settled down to the big task
of homemaking. Liza Culberson
Cocke reports that although she is
now a housewife she is still writing
poetry.
Other last year’s seniors are work
ing as archivists, home economists,
chemists, laboratory technicians, and
dietition intern. Also three girls went
into business work.
DR. TILLEY WRITES BOOK
Dr. Ethel Tilley of the psy
chology department has recently re
ceived from the publishers author’s
copies of a pair of books entitled
Jesus Is His Name. These consist of
a teacher’s manual and a pupil’s
workbook to be used for junior
groups in the vacation church
schools during the summer of 1958.
Written a few years ago, the hand
books will be used by the National
Council of Churches.
and I suppose you think I’ve been camping by the phone all week just
waiting for you to call!