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THE TWIG
April 13, 1962
The Task Is Yours
Last spring new officers, the ones that served this year, were ambitiously
yet somewhat hesitantly beginning new tasks. Now the time has come
tor those same girls to relinquish their positions of leadership. The
feelings are mixed. There is relief at knowing one will ho longer be
responsible for staffs and organization mingled with little bits of pride
at having tried to do sometWng worthwhile for Meredith; but most of
all there is regret—regret that wc could not be more worthy of our
offices and our own personal ideals.
If our positions were worthwhile for no other reason, they were worth
while because they taught many of us humility, a quality that some
of us may not have previously possessed. It is simple to sit back and
criticize the work of others; yet, oncc the chancc to put such criticism
into action is given, one realizes all the hard work that goes into
achieving even mediocre results. How easy it is to let oneself be content
with merely doing the job and exerting no extra energy. How simple
it is to let discouragement knock the props from beneath us. As out
going officers, all that we can say to those of you who will be taking over
our positions Is not to let your enthusiasm for your job dwindle and
slip into the middle road as some of us have done. Fight defeat with
every ounce of energy you possess. Remember that the position you
hold is not yours but Meredith’s.
L. K.
Change Brings Both
Praise and Work
Thank goodness the long hard process of change is over! Thank
goodness the organization is settled, the constitution is drawn up, the
handbook is on its way to publication, and elections have put a seal
of finality on Meredith’s revised Student Government Association. Dur
ing the whole year, in the various phases of change and adapting that
led to the present renovations, there has been a rewarding sense of
accomplishment for the student body.
As the concrete results of discussion and thought were put down on
paper, intangible results were also becoming visible in increased enthusi
asm, purposeful co-operation among those who worked, and the growth
of real appreication for the spirit oC self-government, which remains the
same no matter how the process itself is adapted to time and situations.
A good example of the above combination of results is seen in the just-
completed elections. The extension of examination of SG to that area
led to improved arrangement in concrete aspects such as placement and
hours of the polls, and to a parallel improvement of enthusiasm and’
participation.
It is therefore time to give the whole Meredith student body a pat
on the back. However, though proud of our accomplishment, we must
include even in that motion of praise a motion of pushing also—for, as
with Rome, so with all lasting accomplishments: time is needed for
final building. The need now is for the continuation of the original en
thusiasm and dedication, and those emotions are best supported by
involvement and work. The new set-up will have snags. Some will loom
immediately and appallingly; others, gradually and less obviously. There
will appear real mistakes and gross 'inadequacies. However, there seems
practically unanimous opinion that this year’s overall reorganization is
good. The remaining task is to prove it, not just to prove that Meredith
is capable of adapting, but with the highest aim being the greatest
harmony and happiness of the Meredith community.
H. J. M.
Author Seeks to Bring Better Understanding
Of the Bible Through Bihhcal Scholarship
By DIANNE SIMMONS
TOWARD UNDERSTANDING THE
BIBLE: by Georgia darkness
The purpose of her book accord
ing to Miss Harkness is “to help the
ordinary person get a better under-
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Mere Dither
By RACHEL DAILEY
As I sit down today to write my
column, my mind goes back to other
days and other columns. I remem
ber hurried moments of frantic typ
ing, quiet times of serious considera
tion of what to say, deep ponderings
to search my feelings, and light
hearted words which stumbled from
my fingers. I remember at times
having things well up inside me un
til I had to write them or burst.
I also remember times when I had
to pull every dot, every word, every
letter from the depths of my soul
with pain. I remember wishing I
didn’t have to write . . . and I re
member more times being thankful
for the opportunity. As I write to
day, I see more clearly than ever
before how much this column has
meant to me.
It’s strange how people write.
They come to the typewriter with a
host of experiences and feelings be
hind them, and they collect them
in their souls without knowing un
til there is a type of whole which
has some meaning to them and they
hope, to others.
So it has been with me. I have
seen sunsets, felt sadness, heard
trains wail, tasted rain, touched a
flower petal and lived in a thousand
ways, and without my knowing it,
I have relived my experiences to
others. Do not we all do this? Is not
this communication? And is not
communication with others the stuff
that life is made of?
But we have gone far afield of
this column. I am sitting here again,
typing, trying to think of something
to say, how to say it, whether I am
saying it correctly or not . . . typing
. . . thinking . . . hurrying . . . feel
ing .. . knowing . . . and most im
portant of all, I am happy!
standing of the Bible.” To carry out
her purpose Miss Harkness has
written a book which is really a
preparatory statement to the Bible.
It is not a book designed to
answer all the complex questions of
biblical interpretation; yet the au
thor, realizing that the real value of
the Bible is hidden to many people
because they do not understand its
historical backgrounds, its diversity
of literary forms or the unity of its
spiritual message, has attempted to
present modern biblical scholarship
in a simplified, condensed manner.
The book begins with a look at
the placc of the Bible in modern
culture, followed by a discussion of
what is meant by its being the in
spired work of God.
Miss Harkness also deals with the
geographical, social, and religious
setting of biblical times and dis
cusses the stages of development
and the literary types in the Old
and New Testaments with a brief
discussion of the main theme of
most of the books.
Fateful Footnotes Fascinate
All Term Paper Enthusiasts
MOTIVE, April 1961 — In view
of the term paper traumas suffered;
not only by freshmen but by upper-'
classmen as well (usually because *
three papers are due in one week),
the special offers of “Footnotes In
corporated” arc presented below.
One of the most pathetic by
products of scholarly endeavor is
the accretion of superfluous and
orphaned footnotes. Such items, of
no use to the industrious owner,
nevertheless due to reasons of senti
ment are seldom consigned to the
ignominy of the incinerator.
In order to avoid such scandalous
waste, we take pride in announcing
the formation of a remarkable new
business enterprise. Large lots of
unused or unneeded footnotes have
been purchased and classified so
that a vast store of hitherto wasted
references can now be shared, at a
modest markup to cover operational
expenses, with the scholarly world.
For the first time, quantities of notes
of every possible description have
been made available to the public.
Here are some mouth-watering
samples:
—Smoke-screen footnotes, intended
to take the professor’s mind off
certain Inadequacies of the text.
—Footnotes that will not be missed:
if there ain’t room at the bottom
of the page it don't matter. Takes
tension out of typing.
—Irrelevant footnotes—guaranteed
to leave any topic as obscure, if
not more, than it was before il
lumination.
—Foreign language footnotes, laid
on a b^ase of tasteful and authentic
Latin; (in order of expense)
French, German, Armenian, Kurd
(with swearing, slightly higher),
Sanskrit, Algonquin, Piute (cost
is $10 due to fact that Piute is
not a written language).
—Casual footnotes, viz., “In a con
versation with Jack Kennedy the
other day,” “in a recent letter
from Nehru,” etc.
—Contemptuous footnotes, viz.,
“Dupont-Sommer, with his cus
tomary asininity. . ,
—Filler material, designed to fit be
tween the first and last lines of
notes and thus occupy miscalcu
lated blank areas at bottom of
page.
—Footnotes from nonexistent au
thors with such authoritative
sounding names that the profes
sor will not dare to show his
ignorance by questioning the
source.
—Get-even footnotes (in which the
professor is smartly insulted or
some pet idea of his is tellingly
derided—in obsure language).
—Bright-idcai-too-risky-to-put-in-
narrative - but- heck - this - may-be-
the-find-of-the-century footnotes.
—^Footnotes with professor’s com
ments and favorite expressions,
viz., “true,” “perfectly clear,”
“quite,” “splendid,” “particular,”
etc.
OUR MOTTO: If it’s a word, we
can footnote it!
SG COMMITTEE WORKS ON SINGLE OUTS FOR HOLIDAYS
By VELMA McGEE
As our enrollment at Meredith
increases, it seems that there are
more and more students who live a
long distance from the college. When
vacation time comes around, these
students have a particular problem
in that they are sometimes forced
to take double cuts in their classes
because of long traveling hours, un
less they are willing to pay for a
plane ticket. As the system now
.stands, however, double class cuts
jdo not seem to be penalty enough;
these girls must also take a week
end if they cut any classes. In
many ways this procedure seems
completely unfair. A committee has
been set up, with Elizabeth Hay
wood and Sue Ellen Moody as co-
chairman, to work on the problem.
These girls feel that any one living
outside a four hundred mile radius
of the school should be allowed
single class cuts if their traveling
time requires it. Another recom
mendation which they have worked
out is that no one should have to
take a week-end if they are not
leaving the college a day early.
This problem is by no means
solved as yet. However, a definite
need is felt for a revision of the
present procedure, and the com
mittee is working hard to introduce
a change immediately.