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Page two THE TWIG March 18, 1960 We Are “In.” What Now? As we sit in today’s classes or prepare tomorrow’s assignments, most of us have a sense of security that we ate going to receive a college educa tion—at least as much of one as wc arc willing to work for. College has become something oE a routine to be followed for four years, after which we will, if all goes as planned, be graduated. Could it be that our being in college—and in some cases being nearly finished—has made us oblivious to the challenge getting an education presents in our society. The March 7 issue of Time carries an article entitled, “The Race to Col lege.” The article quotes from an educator who says that the U. S. high school senior is “a bundle of nerves in a rat race.” This may or may not be true, but the fact remains that admission to particular colleges for all who desire to get in is not, and will not be in the future, a reality. As we read this and many other articles being written, on the same subject, we might wonder if a college education is as important as it would seem. Per haps we could educate ourselves, and it may be that future higher educa tion will become more and more independent. The fact remains, however, that guidance makes our progress sound and steady. The poet Robert Frost has said, “College is mainly a second chance to read the books you should have read in high school.” If this is true, our country could con centrate on improving its high school system and not bother with colleges. Whether we have been at Meredith College a little over one semester or seven semesters, we have caught a glimpse of the challenge to us as students. There is a purpose in our being here. Whether or not we recognize it makes Ae purpose no less, but it may make us smaller people. We have the privilege, not of isolating ourselves from the world mat we might be thrust back into its stream, but of living and of learning as we live. We are in college, so let’s make the most of it. L.H.G. OUR GENERATION-WHAT ARE WE? Ours has been known as the “beat” generation, the “generation without a cause,” the generation of many people in a telephone booth and a Volks- wagon, and the generation of the pseudo-intellectual and the acknowledged skeptic. Yet we too are the generation of the Hungarian freedom fighters, the generation of thousands working—and working hard—for a college education, the generation which is painfully realizing that the world has changed and that man must change if he hopes to survive. We are faced with a challenge, a challenge not of our choos^ but one which we must meet. How we meet this challenge will determine what is the true character of our generation. We could, with some justification perhaps, make an angry protest to those who have gone before us, those who “ruined the world” and left us only chaos. Such an attitude, however, would accomplish nothing and would leave us, in turn, open to attack from future generations. We could consider the present world situation an in dictment of past values and standards and could resolve to discard all old ideas and begin again. Then we realize that man can never “begin again,” he can move up or down, and he can change his direction, but his starting point is predetermined by his previous actions. Thus we must discard the defeatist idea of completely giving up and also the too-idealistic notion that we can wipe the slate clean and start over. It seems evident that man’s increasing knowledge and power have not made him more capable of coping with the basic issues of his life. He controls most of the externals; but this control has only complicated his efforts to live in happiness and peace. Here, it seems, our generation must choose to work with and toward externals and ignore the internal meaning which, after alt, is uncertain at best; or we recognize externals as such and seek to find some basis for our existence and some direction for our lives. Will our generation be remembered for a complete lack of purpose, for only “fad” philosophies and theologies, or will we find a basic cause with which to ally ourselves and toward which we direct our efforts? Pseudo-intellectual or true stu dent . . . “one of the crowd” or individual . . . “beat” or solid ... we all must choose. M.A.B. MEMBER Associated Collegiate Press EDITORIAL STAFF Editor Mary Aon Brown Associate Editor Lois Hatgh Gibbon Managing Editors Peggy Ratlcy, Faye Lee Feature Editors - Amy Bell, Carol Park Music Editor Aone Sharpe Sports Editor. Anne Britton ColLimnists Cynthia Denny, Nancy Shearin, Nancy Whedbee Photographer Linda May Reporters—^Toula Bellios, LeDhu Gillespie, Joy Goldsmith, Libby Green, Donna Hollamon, Mary Carolyn Hawkins, Sally Holbrook, Suzanne Leath, Norma Lockaby, Ellen Macdonald, Marilyn Maner, Janet Moore, Ann Travis, Beth Wood Faculty Sponsor. Dr. Norma Rose BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager. - .Corinne Caudle Advertising Manager. — Carolyn Jones Circulation Manager Linda lenkins Mailing Editor. - Mary Jo McDonald Chief Typist Barbara Booth Advertising Staff Betty Orr, Nan Owen, Betty vStanford, Larnette White Typists—Jeanclle Baker, Fay Corbett, Mary Louise Hudson, Stephanie Leslie Scott, Louise Parrish, Elizabeth Web.ster Faculty Sponsor Miss Lois Frazier Entered as sccond-clnss matter October 11. 1923, at post office at Raletsh, N. C.. under Act of March 8. 1879. Published semi-monthly during tJie months of October. Novembep, and April; monthly during the months of December. January. February, March, and May. _ , _ . . . ^ Thk Twifi is the college newspaper of Meredith College. Ralelen. North Caro lina, and ae such is one of the three major publications of the institution—the other two being The Acorn, the literary magazine, and The Oak Leaves, the college annual. . . Meredith College is an accrcdlted senior liberal arts college for women loeatod in the capital ctty of North Carolina. It confcrs the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Music degrees. The college offers majors In twenty-one fields Including music, art, business and home economics. Since J921 the institution has been a member of the Southern A.isoclatlon of Colleges and Secondary Schools. The college holds membership in the Associa tion of American Colleges and the NorUi Carolina College Conference. Gradu ates of Meredith College are eligible for membership in the American Association of University Women, The institution is a liberal arts member of the National .i^sciation of Schools of Music. SubscriptioG Rates: $2.95 p«r year Tin TwiQ is served by National Advertising Service, Inc., 420 Madison Ave„ New York 17, New York. Music Notes By ANN SHARPE Although the weather man seems to disagree, “spring” recitals are on the agenda in the music department. Margaret Hurst and I played our junior recital on Tuesday, March 15; and on Saturday, March 19, Barbara Smith will be presented in her graduation organ recital. All of us have been enjoying the informative lectures on wedding mu sic that have been presented by the various faculty members with Miss Haeseler in charge. Dr. Cooper Miss Swanson, Mr. Blanchard, and Miss Haeseler have all performed representative pieces that were most helpful to us as prospective brides and musicians. Around the music building: Mr. Blanchard in his chapeau . . . Miss Swanson enjoying a birthday party given by the freshmen . . . Boys and girls zooming by practice rooms on sleds and trays . . . Music Ed. students waiting in the hall to take their applied tonette exams . . . Pedagogy students searching for “in termediate” pieces . . . Miss Haese- ler turning out reams of printed ma terial for kiddie-music classes. ed. notes Congratulations to those students honored at the Kappa Nu Sigma lec ture Wednesday night. Suzanne Leath and Kathryn Rice are new junior members of the Society; and Henrietta Brown and Nancy Tew were recognized as having the highest scholastic averages in the sophomore class. On behalf of the student body The Twig would like to express our appreciation to the staff and the maintenance workers on the cam pus. These people worked long and hard to keep our college running smoothly despite the snow. We thank you. Now that the Book Auction has been postponed until after Spring Holidays, students should be able to donate books from home. Mothers always seem eager to “clear out” and the English Club’s project makes their Book Auction a worthy object of contribution. The U. S.'Navy Band will present a concert in the William Neal Reyn olds Coliseum at State College to morrow night at 8:00 p.m. General admission tickets are $2.00; and Meredith students are eligible for reduced rates of $1.00. Students may identify themselves and buy tickets at the reduced rates at the Coliseum box office. Proceeds de rived by> the Civitan Club (a joint sponsor of the concert) from the The Eyeball By WHEDBEE Durhg the recent snow I was ac costed in the lunch line by Mary Margaret Fowler, who was collect ing bread to feed crumbs to the birds. When I inquired why our friends hadn’t flown South, she re marked that all the smart ones had departed but the dumb ones re mained at Meredith. I reflected on the cooing neigh bors outside my window and won dered why pigeons don’t fly South, North, or East, or anywhere else for the winter??? Someone casually dropped in the snow an orange cracker wrapper which immediately flamed and burned like the sun in contrast to the ethereal solemn whiteness of the snow. At night the overcast reflected the white of the snow making the dark appear strangely like day. ... It compressed one’s world and made one feel as he were walking through two layers of frosting, never quite sure about his function in the phenomenon. When the stats broke through, one looked up and saw even more uncertainty. Rocket We shipped an embryo To the land of lichen, Frozen in a tube. An unmanned ship. When it was out of sight Of the most powerful telescope Our radar followed some million Miles more. When we had lost All contact, our race Began to hope for survival. Pierre Henri Delattre. A Word to The Wise: Be sure to see Mado’s show in Joyner Art Gallery and plan to visit the handsome European exhibit in the North Carolina Art Museum. A Word Of Hope: “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” concert will be used in the construc tion of HiUtop House for Mentally Retarded Children in Wake County. Dr. Carlyle Campbell, college president, has announced that Dr. Matta Akrawi will deliver the Com mencement address and Dr. Waldo Beach the Baccalureate address during the graduation ceremonies of the Class of 1960. Dr. Akrawi is at present director of the New York office of UNESCO; Dr. Beach is professor in the divinity school of Duke University. JO POPE, SPANISH MAJOR, REVIEWS "DONA BARBARA" In connection with the premiere of Dona Barbara at the Varisty Theater April 12-13, The Twic is printing the foUowing review of the Spanish American classic written by Jo Pope, Meredith Spanish major. The setting for this classic novel is in the Apure region of the plains district of the Arauca River, a tribu tary of the lower Orinoco, in the southern part of Venezuela. The protagonist of the novel is Santos Luzardo, who has become sole heir to an estate in the Apure region. His entire family had been wiped out by a'family feud many years ago. His mother had taken him to Caracas, in order that he might become educated. When he learned of this inheritance, Santos made a trip to the Apure in hope of selling his estate because under the present manager the estate had ceased to be of profit and there were always law suits over the boundary line between his estate and that of Dona Barbara. Dona Barbara’s career up to this time had been icolorful to the point of improbability. At an early age Dona Barbara had been wronged by men. She used her charms and witchcraft on them to destroy them. One of her first victims had been Santos Luzardo’s cousin, Lorenzo Barquero. Lorenzo had become en chanted by her and given almost all he had to her. She abandoned him and an infant daughter, Marisela. As a result Dona Barbara became one of the wealthiest persons in the district. The officers of the law were all on her side. She became known in the region as the Evil-Eyed One. Shortly after Santos’ arrival he discharged the boastful manager, Balfina Paiba, who had become one of Dona Barbara’s henchmen. The plot begins to thicken with the strug gle between Dona Barbara and San tos Luzardo, who as individuals rep resent the struggle in the Venezuelan plains region between civilization and barbarity. Seen Around Campus Snow, snow, and more snow! Bird lovers saving bread to feed their feathered friends. Sledding—on many makeshift sleds ^nd on a few honest-for-real sleds. First semester student teachers gaz ing mournfully at the whirling flakes and wondering softly, “What did we do wrong?” Mountain girls trying to rent dog sleds for the trip home Spring Holidays. Serious attention at various Voca tional Information Week meet ings. What-to-do-after-graduation worries don’t confine themselves to seniors. An epidemc of quizzes this week and next. Newly-elected officers trying to round up a crew of responsible co-workers. The May Court in consultation about dresses. Wide-eyed freshmen with stacks of notes cards listening to upper classmen’s tales of “the time wrote on . . Spring Holidays lie before us. Be fore we can realize it they will have come and gone. We wish everyone five days of rest and relaxation, so that they will be able to survive the rush and flurry which is soon to come. Art Majors Begin Senior Exiiiblts The senior art majors are in the process of showing their work in ex hibits in the Joyner Gallery. Made leine Kleiman, a senior from Raleigh who will graduate next January, has an exhibit from March 9 until March 24. She has had pictures in several other exhibitions: a show on a na tional scale in Newport, Rhode Is land, last July; the Irene Leech Memorial Exhibition in Norfolk, Virginia, in January, at which she won an award prize; and Carolinas’ College Art Annuzd in Columbia, South Carolina, this March, at which she won an honorable mention. Her paintings are mostly in the abstract- expressionistic style. Milllken Exhibit Next Liz Milliken will have an exhibit from April 1 until Aprill 11. She is (Continued on page four) r I’M you FitWKep ths course, put i CAN'T 'fOO A T0T4L RSFOHQ OH TUS
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