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THE TWIG
March 30, 1962
WHATS IN A JOB?
With the approach of Vocational Information Week it seems that each
of us should take a look at ourselves, our interests, and our talents. Many
of us have chosen the field that wc plan to enter. Others have narrowed
our interests. Many of us, however, arc totally confused and feel that there
is nothing wc can or would be interested in doing. Granted, there are some
of us who will never find anything to capture our enthusiasm, for there are
some who want nothing from life and, therefore, give nothing. Fortunately
there are few of us that fit into such a catagory. The main problem for
most of us is realizing our interests and talents and channeling them in the
right direction. The purpose of Vocational Information Week is to help
us find such channels.
Of course, it is obvious that not all of us will be carcer women. Yet,
even a part-time job can be enjoyable and invigorating. What are we look
ing for in a job? Do we want the job with the highest pay and the least
work, the job with the shortest hours, or the job that has the most modern
conveniences? Or are wc looking for a job that provides the one way that
we can satisfy certain needs and desires? Why take a job that wc cannot
abide merely because of the high salary when in the end we will be spend
ing the money for things that we do enjoy? Are the many days of misery
worth a week or two of fun? Why not choose a vocation that we can enjoy
dally, regardless of the salary that is paid? In choosing a profession that
we enjoy we do not all have to become professional golfers, swimmers, or
bridge players. We all can rccognize a person who loves his work. Prob
ably the best example may be seen in teachers. The enthusiasm of those
who love their work radiates throughout the classroom, while the lack of
interest in some tcachers deadens the entire class. It is the same with any
profession. That is the reason so much importance is placed on the choice
of a vocation. With the increase of workmg women comes the opening of
new fields to females. Will we seize the opportunity for an interesting and
challenging life through our vocation, or will we acccpt a profession that
does not offer us such qualities merely because we are too lazy to discover
our interests?
L. K.
WKNC Offers Assets
Several weeks ago the Student Government Council presented in chapel
the idea that Meredith be equipped with receivers for Stale College Sta
tion WKNC programs. The idea was enthusiastically welcomed by the
student body after it was firmly established that WKNC radio waves
would not interfere with those of commercial stations (not even with won
derful WiLLiE); and the vote to install the transformers was almost unani
mous.
The free trial period offered for a year’s introduction seems to leave
Meredith with tittle to lose and much to gain. The station offers a well-
organized program ranging From classical to popular music. In addition,
it announces outstanding events of the collcgc world, such as sports, con-
ccrts, and lectures. Such announcements would be made of Meredith
events free of chargc.
The calibre of program is matched by a mamier of presentation which
equals—and perhaps exceeds—that of local radio stations in professional
quality and dignity.
The greatest advantage which such an installment would bring would
be the program itself; and with the added advantages of free publicity
and increased community feeling between the colleges, wc could look to
the installation of WKNC transformers as not only worthwhile but a real
bargain.
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Editor
Associate Editor Hilda Mancss
Managing Editor Dianne Simmons
Feature liditor. Joan McGranahan
Sports Editor Judy Crouch
Music Editor - Susan Leathers
Columnists Rachel Dailey
Velma McGee
Photograplicr Kappie Wcede
Reporters—Jean Hege, Judy Grayson, Margaret McGuirt, Kay Burns, Nickey
Childrey, Frieda Farmer, Carroll Hicks, Millie Pearce, and Nancy Williams
Faculty Sponsor Dr. Norma Rose
BUSINESS STAFF
Business Manager Judy Martin
Advertising Manager Palsy Bryant
Circulation Managers Brenda Payne and Sylvia Nash
Mailing Editor Gwen Piclclesimer
Chief Typist Linda Hales
Typists Joyce Collie, Harriet Rivers, Judy Young
Advertising Staff—Carolyn Kicholds, Pat Taylor, Lou Perry, Jane Lawrence,
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Mere Dither
By RACHEL DAILEY
How strange it is to be melan
choly! How odd to wake up with a
heavy heart and not know why, or
to snuggle into bed at night with a
feeling of uneasy meaninglessness.
There seems to be no reason, no ex
planation for your mood. Spring
knocks and enters, and the world
welcomes her with open arms. And
yet your sadness lingers. The brick
walks are full of busy feet joyously
reveling in being young — the
crowds of giddy girls stand close to
gether giggling — couples lean to
ward each other as their silhouettes
appear against a hazy moon, and
soft laughter wings through the air.
And still your solemn thought
ful unhappiness persists. Some say,
You’re in love.''’ Others claim;
You’re sick.” Still others assert.
You’re only human.” But at twi
light, when you lift your gaze to
a jet streaking into the sunset, or
when you turn to the darkness of
the woods, or when you sigh with
the sleepy sparrow, you know that
there is sorncthing weird and super
natural about your feeling, and you
desire above all to be alone some
where, somehow. Too deep for
tears, too inexplicable for under
standing, too personal for communi
cation to others, this abyss of mel
ancholy engulfs your whole being,
recurring again and again in your
thought and controlling continually
your actions. How strange it is . . .
how terribly strange ... to be mel
ancholy.
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AND WITH SPRING COMES MUSIC
By CARROLL HICKS
It’s getting to be that time of the
year again — the time when stu
dents’ thoughts don’t even turn.
Yes, it’s spring at last. Students no
longer have to go through the in
volved process of rationalization for
excuses for not doing work — they
merely say, “Spring fever” and
that’s it. Those few souls possessing
the energy to walk around have
Versatile Dr. Wallace Is Artist
As Well As College Professor
By FRIEDA FARMER
As varied and stimulating as her
classroom lectures arc the interests
of Dr. Lilian Parker Wallace, head
of the Meredith history department;
evidence of one such interest, water-
color painting, is now on exhibit at
the art gallery in Joyner Hall. The
medium of water color, according to
Dr. Wallace, is ideally suited to cap
ture a scene and later, to evoke a
memory; “I would rather paint a
scene than take a photograph of it,”
she says. Having had all her life an
interest in reproducing on paper the
things she has seen. Dr. Wallace
points to her year in the fifth grade
as the beginning of her interest in
water color techniques. It was dur
ing that year that she first learned
that in water color, the white of the
paper, unoutlined, must represent
the white of the object being
painted.
“I have no desire to paint for
posterity,” says Dr. Wallace, stat
ing that water color is not a medium
adapted to such. She paints, she
says, for pure enjoyment, during va
cations and trips. “The only paint
ings in this exhibit which. I did at
home,” she says, “are the two snow
scenes which were painted on a
day when there was no way to get
to Meredith; having exhausted all
the possibilities of transportation.
I spent the day in painting.” In
deed, doing water colors makes
travel more enjoyable to Dr. Wal
lace; taking with her a straw bag
containing all her painting equip
ment and two light folding stools,
she can set up anywhere she
chooses and begin to paint. “I’ve
met some very interesting people
this way,” she adds.
The paintings in the present ex
hibit represent scenes from all over
the United States. There is, for ex
ample, a picture done at the market
in Charleston, South Carolina; “On
that trip,” Dr. Wallace says, “I
would spend the mornings paint
ing, then use the afternoons to find
scenes I wanted to paint the next
day.” Some other paintings are a
sandy desert, done in Arizona, a
dawn in Nebraska; a mountain range
in Utah; a view of Chicago as a
train whizzed by; and a tranquil
scene at Lake Chaulauqua, New
York. Also, there are some scenes
of nearer localities such as the door
way of a home in Milton, North
Carolina.
“Painting makes one more aware
of the world about him," says Dr.
Wallace. And the viewer himself
comes away from her exhibit with
just that feeling, a new awareness
of his surroundings and an in
creased apprcciatioti of them.
noticed the sounds of music coming
from almost every room as members
of the student body throw open their
windows and turn the radio or rec
ord player on full blast.
With the sudden music explosion
I began thinking about what often
comes to mind with various popular
or standard songs. And guess what
1 came up with? A Twio article!
(Whew!)
Shout—The winners in the elections.
I Cried a River Over You—^The los
ers of the above.
Where the Boys Arc—Where?
It’s A Grand Night for Singing—
And since the chorus rehearsal is
required, you might as well enjoy
it.
In the Still of the Night—Conics the
click, click, click as students
work on their term papers.
Someone to Watch Over Me —
S.G.A.
Smile—Dr. Cooper may be taking
your picture.
Slow, Slow Twisting—Practicing for
Play Day.
1 Don’t Wanna Go—But you only
have 5% cuts.
I Got the Sun in the Morning—And
I’m tired of waking up at six every
sunny day.
Too Young to Go Steady—He told
you that!
Sixteen Reason—Why I can’t study
tonight.
Kags to Riche.s—New spring outfit.
I’m Just A Girl Who Can’t Say No—
That’s why I have three fraternity
pins—but no date.
Stranger in Paradise? — An upper
classman on her yearly visit to the
library.
Summer and Smoke—I can’t see the
pool through the fog over it!
O What A Beautiful Morning—And
then camc that 8:20 test.
Walk on the Wild Side—And just
what school do you plan to trans
fer to?
Moon River—I lust happened to like
L it.
ATHLETIC ASSOQATION TO SPONSOR
ANNUAL FACULTY-STUDENT PLAY DAY
On Wednesday, April 11, the
Athletic Association will sponsor the
annual Faculty-Student Play Day.
Afternoon classes will not meet that
day and the faculty, staff, and stu
dent body will meet at 2:00 p.m. in
the court.
A general welcome will be given
by the student playday chairman,
Nancy Jones, who is vice-president
of the A. A, Following Nancy’s wel
come, Dr. Carlyle Campbell, Presi
dent of the College, will address the
faculty with a welcome.
The next event on the agenda will
be the crowning of the Duke and
Duchess of the 1961-62 Playday.
The Duchess will be a member of
the student body, and the Duke will
be a male member of the faculty or
staff, Both are elccted by the stu
dents.
From 2:10 until 2:30 cheers and
songs will be piesented by the day
students, faculty, and members of
the four dormitories. They will be
judged by the members of the faculty
and student body that arc cl>osen for
such a position by the A, A. board.
Following the cheer and song con
tests will be the raccs. Contests such
as sack races, wheelbarrow races,
and egg and spoon raccs will be held
during this portion of the afternoon.
As soon as the group raccs are
over until 4:30 challenges will be
played off. Individuals can win
points, for their group in the follow
ing activities: bridge, badminton,
croquet, tennis, ping pong, checkers,
scrabble, shuffleboard, hopscotch,
canasta, dominoes, horseshoes, Chi
nese checkers, or chess. Points will
also be given upon refusal to accept
challenges.
At 4:30 one of the most interest
ing events of the afternoon will take
place. The event is the Faculty-
Student softball game. Equal to the
game in importance and interest will
be the faculty-student volleyball
game which will immediately follow
the softball competition,
At 5:30 all games will cease, and
everyone will meet at the dining hall
for a picnic supper. During the meal
the winners ot Play Day will be an-
I nounced.