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Page two THE TWIG March 16, 1962 Editorials HARKNESS PRESENTS CHALLENGE TO MEREDITH The fad tlial Kappa Nu Sigma has been able to engage Georgia Harkness lo present the spring lecture is a lortunate opporlutiily for Meredith. Not only lier scliolarship, but her clear manner of present ing her ideas make lier a person who will doubtless speak dircctly to our needs and understanding. Those who liave read her work in Biblical study ami interpretation of Christian concepts know her unusual combination of direct perception and simplicity of presen tation. We are limiting ourselves, however, if we stop in our appreciation of Georgia Harkncss at her writings. We can gain much from having her here on this campus; l)ut perhaps one of the most outstanding things will be a perspective for ourselves, for we as Meredith stu dents have in common with her a quite important thing. We, too, are women w!io will, most of us, represent Christianity to at least some number of people. Whether we now realize it or not, our education at Meredith in the subject of religion has been of rare ciiiality. This is not lo say that by the time we are seiiioi's we have all the answers and know exactly w’liat to do for the world. Quite the contrary; per haps the greatest tiling we have learned is not a set of answers i)ut the right questions; and our real and sometimes painful prol)lem after graduation will l)e to lead our friends and htjshands and chil dren to see the importance of those questions- Such questions have been out of fashion lately in ihe general ac tivities of our society. Our hurry lo advance in business and industry has left little time to consider questions about history’s meaning and the worth of people and God revealed. As graduates of a liberal arts and a Christian-oriented school most of us will find ourselves in possession of ideas that are different in many respects from those of our associates. We will he forced either to find expression for con* cepts that will often seem obscure and strange or to lose them our selves. few of us will be writers as Georgia Harkness is; but ali of us have two obligations. One is to decide, by seU-involved study, what are our religious beliefs. The other is to consider how we will pre serve and express them, he ihey traditional or revolutionary, among people who cun Ijuild rocket ships and man them more easily than they can say a crced and risk their lives in its implications. —H.J.M. MEMBER Associated Collegiate Press EDITORIAL STAFF Linda Kirby Associate Editor Hilda Maness Managing Editor Dianne Simmons Feature Editor Joan McGranahan Sports Editor jiidy Crouch Music Editor Susan Leathers Columnists Rachel Dailey , Velma McGee Photographer Kappie Wcede Hege, Judy Grayson. Margaret McOuirt, Kay Burns, Nickey C-hildrey, Frieda Farmer, Carroll Hicks, Millie Pearce, and Nancy Williams Faculty Sponsor Or. Norma Rose BUSINESS STAFF Business M^mager ^ Advert.smg Manager Circulation Managers Brenda Piiyne and Sylvia Nash Maii.ng Editor Picklesimer Linda Hales Typists Joyce Collic, Harriet Rivers, Judy Young Nicholds, Pat Taylor, Lou Perry, Jane Lawrence, Factilty Sponsor, D,, Lois Frazier R.:ch » one of (he three major puWicalipns of Uic insiit.ition—liie other Acorn, the literary magazine, and The Oak Leaves, the colleuc annual ® Meredith College Is an accrcdited senior liberal ans coIIcec for i capital city of North Carolina. It confers the Bachelor of Arni and theT?iJl!heinr vr -* twet,ty^ne fields includinB music. a?t?bLfsines^and and the North CaroLPa College Conference. Oraduates of Meredith Colleee arc eUEWe membersWp in the A">fncan Association of University Women. The instiimion fs a i bera^ art* member of the NMlonal Association of Schools of Music. ‘uuon is a iioerai Suhscription Rates: $2.95 per year Yw“l7TNew York!*^ Madison Ave„ New Mere Dither By RACHEL DAILEY A [lake here, a flake there, and it is snowing. The whirling white ness makes one fed as if she is in a world alone, even when she is walking to and from dass, The tiny excitement-charged ions touch the hair, making it a shiny halo of glit ter — touch the eyes, making them blink in childlike exuberance — touch the hands, causing them to clutch at the tiny stars — touch the feet, magically moving them to skip along, picking their way quickly among the patches of ice and water. And still the flakes keep falling. Outside the windows late at night, the swirling snow whirls up and down and about picking up the lights and becoming minute pin pricks against the dark of the leaden sky. And in the morning the world is white; the heavens are hidden by the crowd of dancing specks; the green of the trees is contrasted by the milky stuff that sticks to them on one side. The frosty mass covers everything, hiding the mistakes of nature, enhancing the beauty spots. The rooms take on a supernatural glow, and eyes studying cannot help but stray to the new and strange world outdoors. But soon the magic is gone, Pud dles take the place of drifts, and ice goes away to mud. Soggy ground and churned clay hazard walking, and the air is warmer. Yet in the hearts of those who are aware of life, the snow lives on in the mind, swirling and whirl ing and capturing the senses. ji KAPPA NU SIOAfA WILL SPOIVSOR EVENIIVG LCICTURE The Meredith chaptcr of Kappa Nu Sigma will have its annual ban quet on Monday, April 9. Tlie ban quet will honor Georgia Harkness, guest speaker, who will give a lec ture to the student body in Jones Auditorium at 8:00 p.m. on the same evening. Also being honored at the affair will be two members of the Junior Class invited to associate member ship on the basis of their scholarship. At the lecture the two sophomores with the highest grade averages will also be recognized. In addition to the president, Martha Stuckey, pres ent members of the Kappa Nu Sigma, which is sponsored by Dr, Norma Rose, arc Hilda Maness and Jean Knight. COUNCIL WORKS ON POSSIBILITIES OF EXTENDING SATURDAY HOURS Now that the new constitution has been completed and passed by the student body, the Student Gov ernment Council has been able to begin work again on certain legis lative matters which need attend ing to. A problem that has bccome particularly acute during the past few weeks is that of girls taking week-ends in Raleigh. Miss Fleming recently explained in chapel the position of the school in this matter and the reason for some restrictions set up by the Dean of Students Office. Many people have felt that a good solution to this problem would be the exten sion of the Saturday night closing hour from 12:00 midnight until 1:00 a.m. A committee, headed by Melinda Corpening and made up of students from the Council and the student body at large, has discussed such a possibility. Not only would the week-end situation be greatly im proved by the new plan, but also students who date in the Durham- Chapcl Hill area would benefit. However, at the present time there are complaints, especially on first Vann, about the noise on the hall at 12:00. Because the people not dating on Saturday nights would most likely be in bed by 1:00, the problem could become even more serious, were the hour to be ex tended. This is where the students will have to take the initiative and show consideration for others. The extension of the Saturday night closing hour will have to be discussed further before anything can come of it. However, the pos sibilities at the present seem good for its success, if the students agree to use the privilege maturely and not misuse it. Dianne Simmons to Be Editor Of Twig for Coming Year The Twic will be sporting a ver satile new editor when Dianne Sim mons takes over her duties for the 1962-63 school year. While at Mt. Airy High School, Dianne was active in many clubs and organizations. Being interested in athletics, she played on the bas ketball team as a guard for four years. Dianne was also in the Glee Club and served as chaplain for the Tri-Hi-Y. Her scholastic achieve ments earned her membership in the National Honor Society, and, consequently, she was chosen as a school marshal. Dianne’s interest in journalism first developed when she enrolled in a class of journalism her senior year and was dected edltor-in- chicf of the local school paper, the High Sffots. Her interests at Meredith have ranged from athletics — she served on the A.A. Board and is a mem ber of the Monogram Club — to dramatics — she has been an ac tive member of the playhouse — to religious activities — she has been on the B.S.U. Council and has served as a committee chairman for Religious Emphasis Week — to journalism — she has the job of managing editor of the Twio this year. As managing editor this year, Dianne has worked with lay-outs, head-writing, and proof-reading, as well as news-writing. While work ing on the Twig, Dianne has realized the great possibilities of a Dianne Simniuns student-run newspaper and hopes with her new position to be able to enlarge the Twic's function as the organ of student opinion. We of the Twig welcome Dianne Simmons as editor for 1962- 63! MARTIN SPEAKS TO STUDENTS The Reverend Charles L. Mar tin Jr., an associate secretary in the youth department of the Japan Bap tist Convention, spoke during the chapel service Wednesday, March 14. Rev. Charles L. Martin, Jr., Southern Baptist missionary, is asso ciate secretary, in charge of student evangelism, in the youth depart ment of the Japan Baptist Con vention. Currently on furlough in the states, he is serving as mis sionary personnel associate for the Foreign Mission Board, assisting in work among college students. Mr. Martin leads in the develop ing Baptist Student Union program of the Japan Baptist Convention and assists in other phases of youth work. His headquarters arc in Tokyo, where there arc 74 uni versities and approximately 300,- 000 students. In addition to his responsibilities for student work, he serves as as sociate pastor of Mcjiro ga Oka Baptist Church, Tokyo, teaches a Bible class for students there, and writes curriculum material for the Japan Baptist Convention’s training (Continued on page 4) Bernstein Directs Carmen Presentation "The Drama of Carmen,” a study of Georges Bizet’s opera was re- ;ccntly presented on television under , the direction of Leonard Bernstein ^ with the New York Philharmonic. ' The cast included a well known group of artists. Performing the title role of Carmen in her first Ameri can television appearance was Jane Rhodes, a French mezzo- soprano who first played Carmen at the Metropolitan in 1960. Playing opposite Miss Rhodes as Don Jose was tenor, William Olvis, another member of the Metropoli tan Opera Company. Soprano Lee Vcrnora and Baritone William Chap man also played important parts in the production. Maestro Bernstein used the origi nal Opera — Comique version of “Carmen” (1875), with dialogue spoken between the arias instead of the later grand opera form in which recitatives were sung. Actress Zohra Lampert and ac tor James Congdon appeared in the dialogue sequences as Carmen and Don Jose. Bernstein by using the dialogue form shows how much the charactcr of both Carmen and Don Jose arc made more believable by the dia logue. Mr. Bernstein after each se quence, explained the meaning of the preceding section showing how music is used to develop charac terization and plot, and how ‘‘Car men” is tragedy developed through humor.
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