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November 7, 1963 THE TWIG Page Three 1963 Corn Huskin' Scenes—A Study in Contrasts The seniors mari.-h thruugh the pages of bistory as famous women, sncb as Betsy Rosi. By CAROL ANDREWS The “Perfect Seniors” did it againl With shrieks of excitement, they took the Corn Huskin’ crown for the third lime. Sue Ellen Moody, for the foiirih time, planned and won the hog calling contest for the Class of ’64 with her portrayal of Circe. In second place were the sopho mores, who presented a circus with giraffes, candy peddler, freakshows, and dancing girls. With strong de termination, the juniors carried out the theme “Never Say Die.” The freshman class impressed those present with their “Arabian Nights” costume parade. Dr. Carlyle Campbell, collcge president, helped the faculty by shucking corn with Dr. Roger Crook to take second place in the event. Petunia, the Arabian Princcss of the frcsbmun class, tells the tall tale of how her liusbund bccaiiie her slave. Sopliuinorc SuMin Singietun, ringmaster and chairman, poses with other members of the sophomore class. Dr. Neblett Discusses Wesleyan and Meredith By NILEEN HUNT Dr. Lucy Ann Neblett, an as sistant professor in Meredith’s lan guage department for sixteen years and now at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia, visited her Ra leigh friends recently. She said that slic doe.s not have the sentiments about Macon which she has about Raleigh. Her new college home has for her a definite Southern atmos phere; but she does not feel that the girls are as sophisticated as the students at Meredith. Other differ ences Miss Neblett pointed out are that Wesleyan has a five-day week, chapel meetings once a week, and thnt girls on eligibility have un limited cuts. Dr. Neblett, who received her degree last summer, is teaching Spanish-American and Spanish Lit erature, Intermediate Spanish and Advanced Composition and Conver sation. She shares her ot'l'iee with a Scotch lady who teaches French, German, and Italian. Dr. Neblett is planning to attend two con ferences in the near future. The first one will be the South Atlantic Modern Language Association meet ing in Atlanta, November 14-16. Early In December slie will attend the Conference on the Carribian at the University of Florida in Gains- ville. The theme of the latter meet ing will be “Mexico Today.” Dr. Neblett has a two bedroom apartment at 3157 B Brookwood Drive, Macon, Georgia. She says that all Meredith girls will be wel come to come and stay with her at any time, “but not all at once please.” 1'. C. Parramorc superbly caricatures Madame Nhu FOR SALE OAK LEAVES 10 Copies 1962 10 Copies 1963 Also earlier volumes ovailablo Reduced Rote $4.00 Contact Goll Williams, Bus. Mgr. I he drum roars and the fl»R Hies, as the junior class marchcs on, fights on, and shouts on. Student Teachers Attend NCEA Convention in Durham By CLARENE ROBERSON On October 25, the prospective tcachers who are doing their stu dent teaching this semester jour neyed to Durham High School for the Annual Convention of the East Central District of the North Caro lina Education Association. The convention, an all-day af fair, is a means for teachers to hear ideas pertaining to their respective fields and to see exhibits for teach ing materials. The morning session was divided into departmental groups for discussion and lecture; the second half of the morning meeting was an opportunity for teachers to browse among books, machines, and other materials which might be beneficial to their teach ing. Following these sessions,’ an afternoon seminar featuring Miss Lois Edinger was scheduled. In or der that this convention might be attended by Meredith student teach ers, classes for this group were sus pended for the day. Some of their reactions are recorded below: Rhonda Morgan: “I foimd the ex perience of attending the meet ing valuable, but was disap pointed in the amount of usable free materials.” Joy Adams: “The convention gave me an opportunity to see what professional meetings will be like. Frankly, 1 was surprised at the lack of order in the schedule. The most valuable part of the day was the large supply of free materials we were able to get.” Nancy Godwin: “ I found a good many excellent ideas presented, but I think the schedule was too crowded: We had too much to do and see in one day, and thus were exhausted by the end. 1 was also disappointed at the disorder which seemed to be everywhere.” Jane Willis: “I enjoyed the Iccture in my subject matter, although I found it somewhat fundamental and not as stimulating as I had hoped. The convention offered good sourccs of information for future use in teaching,” Penelope Sentcr: “I felt that the elementary education portion was good, because wc learned ideas for making useful objects, such as puppct.s. We also learned some new songs. 1 found the free ma terials disappointing in that the majority were for ordering and not available now.” STATEMENT OF OWNliKSHIP, MAIVACKMENf AND ClKCUf.ATION (Act if Oclolicr 23, 1962; Soccloil 4369, Tillu 39, Vnik-d Stntcs Code) t. Diitc tif filinjs: September 31), 1963. 2. Title or publication: The Twhi. 3. Fruquenuy of issue; Twicc iiitimlily except lor Septcnibcf itiid Janiiary, 4. Locution of known officc of piiblic;iliot): CnroMin' CoiiHty. Nortii 5. Lociitiun i»r the head|iiiirti;rs or ucnyral miMincRs ottices of tlic uiibljsliers; IV1cieiith C'oJ- Kii't-IB''. Wake Cijtiiiiy. Nortii Ci.roiitui, 2/01)2. 6. Names jiiwl luiaresxcs of ediior anti man- attini! editor: lidltor: Miss Ann Nooe. Du>; Merc- liitii College, Kiileijjli, N. t'„ 27f>tl2. Bti^iiiess MamiKer: Miss l)i imc Bowers, 27602 “ N. C\, 7. Owner: McrcUilh Colleuc, Raleigh, North Carolina. 8. Known bondhoiilcvx. inortyaBOes, and otlier scciirity lioiiers owning or liokiinji I per ecnt or more ot loial .amoant of bonds, tnortuaucs or otitur sceiirities: Tlit:re are none, A. Total no, eopics printed: average no. copies cucli issue dtirinu preccdinu 12 'hiB- R. I'liid Circulation: 1, To term siibserihcrs by mail, car rier delivery or b^ other means; uveraKC HO, eopics each issue tlurinn preeeiliiit; 12 monllts; Kilt); single issue nearest to tiling date; iiUU. 2. Sales tliroiiijli ayents, news dealers, or otltcfwise: C, I-rcc distribution (including samples) by mail, carrier delivery, or by otitcr means: uveraye no. copies eaeli issue during ure- ^cdinc 12 months: 150; sinslo issue nearest to filing date: 150. O, Tolal no. of cojiics distributed: aver- «ec no, copies cacli issue darint- preccdinu 12 months: WO; single issue nearest to fil. ine date: 950. 1 ccrtify thai ihc statements made by me above are correct and eompletc: Dianne Dowers Book Reveals U. S. Plight Miss Jyoti was talking about Americans in Asia but she might as well have been talking about them anywhere outside of America: “They arc what I call the Intel lectual Maginot Line. They feel that if the nice respectable people like them, they must be doing u good job. . , , You just feel more com fortable at the Press Club or the American Club or at the Officer’s Club. Or anywhere where quiet people are wearing collars and ties and talking English. The Asians who wear collars and tics and speak English are a special class, and most Americans have real difficulty meeting any other sort.” Miss Jyoti is an Asiatic character in a novel called The U)>ly Ameri can. She is describing the villain of the piece, who might be called the “pretty American.” He is sometimes a tourist, sometimes a soldier on leave, sometimes an official from Washington, who is most familiar to the world beyond our borders. He can speak the local language only to the extent of asking "Ou est le Snack Bar?” or "Haben sie hamburgers?” He may not be well dressed but his clothes are expen sive by local standards. He has had a bath in the past few hours be cause he lives in one of the hand ful of rooms in town that has a bath attached. He has shaved today and he smells of lotion and hair oil. He may not be attractive by any stand ards but lie is indisputably pretty. Scattered out through the rural areas here and there you might find, if you look closely a far more disreputable kind of American. He lives in a shack with a family of seven. He does not shave every day and he bathes infrequently. He recks a ghastly compound of sweat and grime and bad breath. His clothes are a cheap make, he eats only the local food, and he babbies to the peasants in iheir own language. He is an ugly American. He is not teaching the local people to appre ciate the finer things of American life. He is only teaching them how to take some odds and ends of scrap and a few worn-out bicycles and make water pumps. He is the hero of the novel. IVlessrs, Bill Ledercr and Eugene Burdick wrote I'he L/j,’/v American in 1958, Since then the Peace Corps, no doubt inspired in part by ihcir novel, has sent out battalions of ugly Americans not only to dis pel the impression that we arc all pretty but to assist in showing peo ple in underdeveloped countries how to make their work more pro ductive and their lives less burden some. Jf there was any feeling after this novel appeared that the fault was some tragic flaw in American character, perhaps the response of young people to the Peace Corps opportunity has dispelled that error, too. But the theme and scope of the book are more far-reaching than this. The authors see tlie “pretty Anierifan" problem as one aspect of tlie larger issue of the misdirec tion of our foreign policy and the misapplication of our foreign aid. Some who call themselves realists say that we give aid to other coun tries in order to buy tlicir friendship after the manner of taming a squir rel by feeding it nuts. If this is true tlien maybe we have a right to feel olfended when the recipient does something_ un-American — which many foreign countries have a curi ous inclination for doing. Others say that we give out aid in order to raise the standard of living in these countries and give them an oppor tunity to choose any form of govern ment they wish rather than be forced from deprivation to choose communism. We run the risk here that once on their feet they will (Continued on page 6)
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