October 4, 1957
THE TWIG
Page five
Swedish Student
Is Welcomed
By MARY ANN BROWN
Students Tell Of
Summer Travels
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If you were to knock on the door
of 317 Brewer, chances are that a
voice would invite you in. If you
were to open the door, chances are
that you would be met by a smiling
blue-eyed blonde — that would be
“Bibbi,” a junior from Eskilstuna,
Sweden, who is at Meredith on a
Rotary Scholarship. More formally,
and officially, known as Birgit
Sporre, Bibbi has been in America
since August 22, and thinks this
country would be the greatest if her
family—her mother, father, and a
16-year-old sister—were here too.
After crossing the Atlantic by
boat—“It was rough, but wonder
ful!” — Bibbi went to Virginia to
stay with an uncle until time to come
to Meredith. She was able to meet
her roommate, Margaret Morgan,
before school.
Bibbi is taking math, sociology,
typing, tennis, and has begun to add
Spanish to her present knowledge of
English, German, French, Latin,
and Swedish. Since in Sweden they
cover in twelve years what we in
the United States cover in fourteen,
Bibbi is classified as a junior, al
though she only graduated from a
Swedish high school this year.
She is impressed by America—
“It’s so big!”—and Meredith—“. . .
so beautiful, with wonderful sur
roundings.” Bibbi likes American
milk shakes and hamburgers, but not
peanut butter or garlic cheese; and
she just cannot see why Lillian
Brandon, a suitemate, doesn’t like
Swedish bread. Lillian teasingly tells
her, “You keep your bread and I’ll
keep my peanut butter, okay?”
Bibbi points out that American
young people are more social than
the Swedish, and that we in the
United States spend more time in
ears than the Swedish people do. In
fact Bibbi asked, “Do you ever go
walking?”
Her scholarship, which she re^r
ceived through the Swedish-Ameri-
can Foundation and the Institute of
/ International Education, will keep
L Bibbi in America until next summer.
fe^In addition to her regular schedule,
Bibbi will taking time out for pic
tures, interviews, and speeches, the
first of which will be Nov. 4 at the
local Rotary Club.
Bibbi is enthusiastic a^ut Mere
dith campus life in all its aspects.
Margaret says, “What a roommate!
She won’t tell even me whether she’s
going Phi or Astro.” Whichever way
Bibbi goes, we are glad to have her
at Meredith, and we hope she will
enjoy life at Meredith as much as
we enjoy having her here.
“Around the World in Eighty
Days” became a familiar expres
sion this summer. During that time
probably no one from Meredith
went around the world in any num
ber of days, but a few did go abroad.
We can’t .begin to bring you their
many experiences — the quaint
shops, the modem cities, the many
little incidents, amusing and other
wise — that make up such a trip.
But if we tell you who went where,
you can get them to fill in the rest.
Our first travelers will be of in
terest to all you wise people taking
freshman and sophomore English,
and don’t tell me you took it just
because it’s required! They are Dr.
Mary Lynch Johnson and Dr. lone
Kempe Knight, who began their trip
on June 5 by crossing the Atlantic
on the “He de France.” They first
went to the Continent for two weeks
and then spent a week in Scotland.
After touring Scotland, they stayed
six weeks at Oxfprd, where they
made a study of numerous aspects
of seventeenth-century England.
They returned to the United States
on August 30 on the “Liberte.”
Dee Williams’ trip brings a bit of
spice to this article; she went to
Mexico City. This Meredith Spanish
major who has family friends there,
used their home as a base of opera
tions while they took her to typical
and resort towns in Mexico. She
flew down on June 15 and came
back on August 15. She said she
had a wonderful time and learned
much Spanish at the same time.
Nancy Joyner went on a Euro
pean tour with her father, who went
to London to the American Bar
Convention.' They flew over to
England on July 17. After touring
England, they flew over to Paris,
where they rented a car. From
Paris they drove to Belgium, the
Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland,
Austria, and Italy. They came back
to France by way of the French
Riviera and, of course, Monaco.
From Francib they flew' back to the
States on August 21.
Can you picture Jane Stem-
bridge hitchhiking around England,
France, and Scotland? Well, she did
just that, but don’t get excited. I’ve
been told it is an accepted prac
tice over there. Before her tour she
studied philosophy at the University
of Edinburgh. How about that! She
went over to England June 11 on
a student ship. She said that on
the ship were people going to tour.
BEGINNINGS OF A FRESHMAN
By NANCY WHEDBEE
to study, or to join the Experiment
in International Living. There were
also some students going to the
Moscow Youth Conference. She was
able to hear a lot of their experi
ences when she returned on a stu
dentship on August 31.
Two of our transfers, Patsy Hol-
and and Martha Elmore, sailed to
Europe on June 8 on the “New
Yorker.” They visited Germany,
France, England, Austria, Holland,
Denmark, Italy, Norway, Sweden,
and Switzerland. Actually, they
visited one more country, but for
the life of her, Martha can’t re
member what it was. (I guess it
was pretty late at night when I
asked her.) Anyhow, they came
back on July 30 on the same ship.
Our last traveler was'Dr. P. F.
Brookens of the social studies de
partment. He and his wife had a
very special reason for going to
England; their only sen lives out
side of London with his English wife
and two daughters. During their lei
sure time they toured England, Scot
land, and Wales. They left the States
on June 5 on the “Queen Mary”
and came back on the same ship
on August 29.
Surely many of us had interest
ing summers, but not quite so far-
reaching as these. Through their
reports we can share their experi
ences.
“Will you help me find something
about frost,” says a shy, quiet voice
at the library desk. It is the plea
of the disconcerted specimen of col
legiate life known as the freshman.
The once starry-eyed bundle of
confusion, perplexed at the moment
with that monstrosity labeled the
card catalogue,” seeks to find ma
terial for her first English assign
ment. The library assistant, expect
ing anything, obliges by searching
in the files through everything from
frigeration and floe to frostbitten.
Do you suppose you could help
this young lady find a book about
frost?” she asks her superior. “Why,
of course,” is the reply, and a see-
ond search is begun. Once again
the small voice at the desk ven
tures to speak, “Why don’t you look
under R?” she asks.
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‘Why should I look under R?”
responds the inquisitive librarian.
‘Because his namb is ROBERT
FROST!’
In the biology lab the submissive
scholar is equally successful in dis
organizing “le prbfesseur.” Given
the task of observing simple, one-
celled life under a microscope, this
collegiate tenderfoot discovers an
amoeba with hairy legs. Immedi
ately she jubilantly imparts to her
teacher the amazing find, to be
met only with raised eyebrows and
the scowl that only a college pro
fessor can give. Ah, but how could
she know that the legs were but
reflections of her own curly eye
lashes?
Alas, the freshman’s life is a
problematical conglomeration of di
lemmas and confusion, but it is
also the excitement of attending
college for the first time, the fas
cination and challenge of all the
learning and knowledge waiting to
be grasped, and the Arill of being
one of a group of young and ma
ture women together for the same,
purpose.
This is an experience not to be
exchanged for any other.
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The 1957-1958 Leadership Coun
cil held its first meeting for the year
on Wednesday night, October 2.
Suggestion had been made before
hand that the group dedicate the
opening session to an evaluation of
orientation week. The representa
tives to the council therefore, had
given time and thought to aU phases
of orientation week — both those
elements pertaining specifically to
their respective organizations and
those problems of a more basic and
general nature. Members brought
forward suggestions previously out
lined in meetings of their particular
organizations.
In discussions moderated by Inez
Kendrick, the group focused atten
tion upon the original problems
raised and upon subsequent ques
tions and suggestions. A detailed
outline of these discussions is being
set up for presentation to the orien
tation committee for their comment
and study.
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This report on the first meeting of
the Leadership Council serves, in
part, to show the function of the
Council and, to some extent, the
manner in which it operates. It is
an unchartered, non-constitutional
body composed of a representation
of the leading organizations on the
campus; Presidents of Student Gov
ernment, BSU, A. A., playhouse and
of each class — editors of Twig,
Acorn, and Oak Leaves brought to
their attention by students and fac
ulty members. On occasion the
group will meet with faculty repre
sentatives for the purpose of clarify
ing problems, entertaining mutual
exchange of ideas, and establishing
means to these ideas, to follow
through as it were.
Throughout the year the council
will be meeting—along the lines and
for the general purposes above men
tioned. The next session is set for
Wednesday, October 16.
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