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January 24, 1958
THE TWIG
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BEHIND THE SCENES
WE RECOGNIZE LELA CAGLE
Lela Cagle
NEW SEMESTER
RESOLUTIONS
By MARY ANN BROWN
I decided long ago that New
Year’s resolutions were strictly nil
— one makes them only to salvage
her conscience, and since one has
no intention of keeping them, why
bother? This New Year I par
ticularly saw no need for any. I
was having a blast, and I did not
want to change my then happy life
for anything less, shall we say, en
tertaining.
That, my friends, was before I
saw the light, before I realized what
I was missing, before I realized
what college is really for, — before
I realized that I might soon be the
only Meredith student to remain in
the Sophomore Class for four con
secutive years.
Well, now I have been enlight
ened. After three long serious de
pressing conferences with three pro
fessors who, unfortunately, do not
share my enthusiasm for well-
balanced education (typical day:
two hours class, one hour study, ten
hours sleep, eleven hours free
time), I have seen the error of my
ways, and incidentally, the knife
hanging over my head. Therefore
I have decided on reformation.
By NANCY WHEDBEE
Petite, blond, and talented are
adjectives which describe our be
hind the scenes personality, Lela
Cagle.
Lela’s varied abilities have led
her into many activities including
Twig staff, the playhouse. State
BSU choir. League of Women vot
ers, Y.W.A., and the B.S.U. Greater
Council. Since she possesses a
talented typewriter for producing
interesting and spicy programs, she
has been responsible for many of
the scripts and dramatizations spon
sored by the B.S.U.
In addition to her campus ac
tivities, Lela is a very active mem
ber of Tabernacle church where she
has served as B.T.U. president,
Sunday school program chairman,
and Sunday school teacher for three
years. A primary-education major,
Lela describes herself as a “general
handyman” and often her abilities
with paint and brush result in a
needed poster or prop.
Lela’s friendliness and person
ality are known by students and
faculty alike, and her willingness to
share her talents in front or be
hind the scenes makes her a valu
able asset to Meredith.
LIBRARY FASHIONS
One thing I intend to do is get up
every morning at 6:45. This will
leave me plenty of time to wake up
my roommate, who should get up
early anyway, and to clean up our
room. The people under us can just
put pillows on their heads. Then I
will cheerfully go down to break
fast, so I will be alert and inter
ested in my 8:30 class every morn
ing.
I also intend to stay in the library
all hours it is open. It will take all
that time to do all my work. I’m
going to do my assigned reading,
read my collateral at least twice,
and do my term papers before they
are assigned.
In my spare time I plan to do a
little research on “Who Really
Wrote Shakespeare’s Plays?” or
“What Prompted Descartes to De
velop His Theory?” I may take a
correspondence course on the side.
I’m going to join the independ
ent reading group, the read-faster-
comprehend-more class, and the
study - group - to - improve - our
culture. I intend to become very
well-acquainted with my professors
in our weekly conferences. This
hour every week will enable me to
give each professor a true under
standing of my work and great in
terest.
I will never complain of having
too much work because I will love
it, love it, love it!
Now you have my plans for a
reformation. But, as all eager his
tory devotees know, a reformation
cannot take place over night. It
must be gradual, and who am I to
disagree with history? This January
I have made my resolutions — next
January I’ll worry about keeping
them.
By LYNDA EVANS
Maybe Penelope leaned against
Grecian columns to show off her
graceful garb to gaping nobles in
old Ithaca, but one can hardly say
that modern damsels of old Mere
dith are aware of the supposed
glamorizing effect of tall slender
columns to the feminine figure. In
any case girls wander through our
library every day without much re
gard to their personal appearances.
Well, I guess, we should take into
consideration that the presence of
males there to appreciate our dress
is more rarity than rule.
At any rate, the parade of fash
ions on any ordinary week-night
in the library is a review of the
latest styles as devised by Meredith
models. Ultra-casual dress is defi
nitely most preferred by these
queens of the fashion world. Be
ginning at the rubber-tiled floor of
our current center of interest, we
espy various and sundry modes of
footwear: loafers, from dirty grey
suede to black kid; tennis shoes,
suffering from old-age and common
dirt; ivy-league oxfords, bewailing
their conspicuous white and long
ing for the day when they too may
bo.ast that well-worn look. An old
proverb comes to mind: “By their
shoes ye shall know them.” Yep!
You guessed it! These are the typi
cal shoes of up-to-date feet in the
library. Of course, these are all ac
companied by the conventional
white sock usually stretching up the
leg but sometimes drooping sadly
around the ankle.
Home Ec Club
Hears Speakers
The Home Economics Club’s
program plan for the year includes
presenting at each of its meetings
a Meredith College home eco
nomics graduate to carry out the
theme “Pathways from Past to Fu
ture.”
Mrs. Marvel Carter Campbell, an
artist in foods who operates an ex
clusive catering service in Winston-
Salem, gave the November program
demonstrating the decorations of a
beautiful book cake similar to one
she gave Queen Elizabeth during
her recent visit to the United States.
At the December meeting of the
club Miss Mary Edna Grimes,
Meredith’s former AA President
and May Queen, who is now home
service advisor with Duke Power
Company in Durham, exhibited at
tractive Christmas decorations uti-
hzing electricity for dramatic ef
fects. She also demonstrated val
ance lighting pointing out the effect
of different types of fluorescent
lights on colored fabrics.
Mrs. Virginia Mumford Nance,
Home Economics Editor in the Di
vision of Information of the Agri
cultural Extension Service at State
College, gave a delightful picture
of extension work in North Caro
lina at the January meeting and
charmed her audience with her per
sonal experiences in that work.
White-Coats Abound
On Campus
By JUANITA SWINDLER
What is it with these white-coated
people running around our fair
campus? Have you noticed? It’s
really pretty funny, ’cause most of
the white jackets are dirty — with
lime jello, apple sauce, hydroch
loric acid, or potted meat. These
semi-white jackets are found on the
bodies of co-laborers in the anti
quated building — Yarbrough Hall
— seldom visited by us who more
often need the services offered by
those of the Joyner Hall. Future
Spootnik-makers and home-makers
are these poor ones chosen as the
subjejct of this ridiculous study.
Now let’s return to this matter of
dirty frocks these Spootnichers
wear. I hate to gossip, but in this
case, there’s a good source of dirt.
It’s a known fact that the science
majors just never wash their cover
alls. And besides that, the uniforms
don’t fit. I’ve heard that they are
hand-me-downs from Dr. John, and
they’re too big for Kathryn Hudgins,
too.
But lest I leave a totally unfavor
able picture of these giants of the
scientific world, let me tell you —
they’re happy. And that’s import-
Among the Trustees
WE VISIT
. W. E. CURE
By NANCY JOYNER
Qne of the interesting facts of our
strictly feminine school is its pre
ponderance of gentlemen on the
board of trustees. There are a few
lady members, however, and among
them is Mrs. Walter Clark, a charm
ing housewife who travels down the
mountain from Asheville to attend
the semi-annual meetings of the
Board.
Mrs. Clark’s birthplace is Apex.
After attending Meredith and
Woman’s CoUege, she taught home
economics for two years at Lowe’s
Grove, which, she tells me, is in
Durham County. In 1922 she mar
ried her childhood sweetheart. Dr.
Walter Clark, a prominent Ashe
ville dentist. She has three children
and is a typically pleased grand
mother of five. When I visited her in
her lovely home high a top a moun
tain, she was quite absorbed with
her two-year-old grandson and
three - year - old granddaughter
who were paying her a visit. Both
Dr. and Mrs. Clark are active in
young people’s work at the First
Baptist Church.
She is a veteran trustee, for she
is now serving her second term in
that office. Also, she was a mem
ber of the General Board of the
State Baptist Convention for four
years. She expressed a deep con
cern in the problems now facing
the Board of Trustees.
Although trusteeship requires a
great deal of time and effort, Mrs.
Clark is enthusiastic about her po
sition. She says, “Having been on
the Board of Trustees I have caught
a greater vision of Christian edu
cation and what it can mean to the
individual student.” She enjoys the
fellowship of other board members
and calls working with the Baptists
of the state a “wonderful privilege.”
We are fortunate to have such
an outstanding alumna on the
Board of Trustees.
ant. Actually, they think they’re im
portant — you know, what with the
state of the union and all. Try to
make them feel needed.
But what about those in white
nylon dress - products of the
Hanyen - Brewer department? I
must admit I lied about them. Their
uniforms never, just never, are
dirty. Nylon jobs are easily rinsed
nightly in warm, sudsy water.
Right, girls? And they make their
own — or at least can adjust them
— so that the baggy effect observed
in the heavy cotton chemistry
clothes is missing.
Wait! The whole purpose of this
article is to enlighten the readers
so that they don’t begin running
away from these in the white jack
ets. After all, we’re all normal. . . .
The skirt and sweater outfit
seems to be the preferred para
phernalia for the up-to-par figure
of fashion of the library. In bright
plaids or sultry browns and blacks,
skirts and sweaters appear. Fre
quently cotton blouses having lost
their morning crispness after a
working day of classes, break the
monotony of cardigans and crew-
necks. Except for the mark of the
average Meredith girl, the ordinary
frat pin, the presence of jewelry is
practically nil. (Who has time to
put on jewelry!?!)
That extremely casual, un
combed look is the only acceptable
hairstyle for the well-groomed pa
tron of our literary sanctuary. Qnly
in her coiffure may the Meredith
girl exercise individuality; in bobs
buns, bangs, or flowing tresses, our
models pass before us, their faces
usually bespectacled and void of
make-up. The luckless creatures
who find themselves in the library
on a Saturday afternoon may no
tice various metallic objects gracing
strange-looking hairstyles. 'Rest as-
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Miss Grimmer Has Important Job As
Meredith Alumnae Secretary
By NANCY McGLAMERY
The well-known person who has
been characterized as “red-headed,
enthusiastic, sensible, original” Mae
Grimmer was born and raised in
Cape Charles, Virginia. At Meredith
she received a diploma in music
and an A.B. in history. Following
graduation she taught music in
Cape Charles, took a business
course, and became secretary in a
business firm also in Cape Charles.
When she came here in 1928 as the
Secretary of the Meredith College
Alumnae Association, she expected
to stay only a few years, but the
few years have stretched out into
almost thirty.
In an interview with the first lady
of the Alumnae House, I learned
that she is kept busy with various
events during the year. Every Qc-
tober there is a meeting of the
Alumnae Council made up of the
executive committee of the Alum
nae Association, alunmae trustees,
TheFifth Column
By PEANUT
And ever has it been that love
knows not its own depth until the
hour of separation. — Kahlil
Gibran.
Striving to avoid emotionalism, I
hesitate to reminisce, but allow me
to recall one interesting bit of in
formation from last year. Remem
ber December 29, 1957, Rome? At
12:30 in the afternoon, it was 32
degrees. Can we ever forget?
The “phantom” is striking with
amazing regularity these days. He
changes the time on the cafeteria
clock just after it is set correctly —
a villainous act.
An attractive senior accepted the
challenge to date a Carolina med-
student — known for his indiffer
ent nature — with the determina
tion to make a definite, desirable
impression. Result: She found it
was much too cold to snow.
Were you pleasantly surprised to
discover, upon return from Christ
mas “home days,” that behind the
smell of new paint in the area of
the sign-out desk, dean of students’
office was a most elegant new
lounge, if you please?
Have you noticed, in passing,
that amusing things happen around
the Vann Kitchenette?
It is generally known, I think,
that music majors have to attend a
specified number of recitals before
they can graduate. It seems that the
English department has adopted a
similar policy, with majors in that
department required to attend a
certain number of coffee hours.
This may only be a rumor, how
ever.
If someone doesn’t claim that
fine-looking collie that’s been fre
quenting our campus, it is suspected
that Dr. Crook might live up to the
implications of his name.
Baptist motto for 1958: “Every
four bring a fifth.” Compare that
with “A million more in ’54,” and
“Qn to heaven in ’57.”
the presidents of the chapters,, and
the permanent class officers elected
each year at graduation. Qther
meetings held in the Alumnae House
include the Wake County Chapter
meetings, meetings of the various
committees of the Alumnae Asso
ciation, and the annual alumnae
seminar, a one-day affair of which
there have been fifteen held on
various subjects. This year’s semi
nar will be on March 29.
Miss Grimmer’s eyes light up as
she tells of a very special meeting
of the Alumnae Council — the one
in 1953. The Alumnae House was
so brand new that the lights didn’t
work until about ten minutes be
fore people began to arrive, and
Miss' Grimmer received a beautiful
silver bowl and a large check in
appreciation for 25 years of loyal
service to the alumnae of Meredith
College. “It was my red-letter day,”
she says.
Work in the “too small” alumnae
office is centered in maihngs and
Somebody said that too many of
us think ourselves self-made indi
viduals . . . and worship our maker.
Latest cruelty joke seems to re
volve around the fact that the State
College B.S.U. Choir is recording
for a radio program. The cruelty
side of that involves those bed
ridden persons who can’t reach the
radio dial.
I understand the S. G. is really
clamping down, and that Miss Josey
got two call-downs the other night
for wandering on the hall after
11:15. Miss Josey!
Word for the day: Teacher peo
ple are nice.
The Alumnae Magazine, which first
appeared in 1946. Miss Grimmer
and her secretary must keep up with
addresses and make ten complete
mailings a year — a real headache.
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Miss Mae Grimmer