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Page Two THE TWIG May 6, 1965 What Price a Library? Revenge-seeking, blood-thirsty, lackadaisical... do any of these words describe your attitude about tonight’s faculty auction? Are you out to buy a professor and get even with him or her for all the extra work he or she piled on you or for the low grade you got in the class? Do you want to see some one of our teachers work like a Trojan—thinking that they don't get enough exercise sitting behind their desks trying to make Mere dith a better placc for you and me? Or are you one of those individuals who just doesn’t care abgut the facul^ auction? If any one of these before mentioned ideas is the way you feel, 1 am sorry. This week I have seen our campus come alive. Students have be come enthusiastic about being able to wear bermudas to class, smoke in the dining halt or sec the history department in action. BUT we must not fail to remember what the ultimate goal of this week of fun is—to raise money for our much-needed library. So tonight you go into the audi torium and remember that your money is not only buying a teacher’s services, but more important, it is building a library. DBB Live, Learn and Be Happy Above all, be happy. With only two more weeks before exams, is there no time left for learning and living? According to averages, college stu dents have a good chance. So don’t count on that. As the end approaches, as frantic students realize the semester’s work is suddenly due, curses come; tears follow; and despair sets in. Valuable time is wasted with pointless arguments as to who is suffering the most: “A history term paper with at least 1,000 notecards.” “ ‘To be or not to be . . .’ Only 799 more memory lines to go.” 9:00 p.m.: math problem No. 1. 2:00 a.m.; same math problem. Soon it will all be over. In June or July of 1965, look back at Spring and wonder why the worry. Better still, look now at the grass at the warmth at spring and be thankful'. EP MEMBER Atsociated Collegiate Preu EDITORIAL STAFF jDeiinda Barrier .Associate Editor Elizabeth Ponton Managing Editor Mimi Holt Feature Editor Linda Worcester News Editor. Sylvia Woodford Copy Editors Alice Atwill, Judy Riley. Shirley Tarleton Columniit.. . Rena Ruark Reporters—Dudley Barbee, Sharon Bradshaw, Jeannie Bryant, Liz Dickens, Irene Hines, Beverly Kennedy, Jane Lennard, Blue McKethan, Marion Nolan, Joy O'Berry, Beth Porter, Veronica Rabb, Macki Rudisill, Carol Smith. Ginny Sutton. Dukie Vierson, Jan Wilkins. Photographer. : Bet Booker Cartoonist Kaye Howard Faculty Sponsor Dr. Norma Rose BUSINESS STAFF Business Maaager jov Dani^ Advertising Manager Vicki WiIsM Circulation Manager Lee Smith Ann Kanipe Chief Typist....^. Gaij gutter Typists—Ann Edton, Hocutt, Libby Howie, Frances Ann Maness, Judy Pierce, Jo Ann Savage. Jo Peele Smith, Lane Waller. Advertising Staff—Julia Bragg, Martha Ann Butler. Linda Carter. Laurie Cress, Florence Dickens, Carol Ann Griffin. Myra Holloman, Cissy Miller. Mary Faith Milton, Ann Shingleton. Facuhy Sponsor Dr. Lois Frazier Entered as second-class matter October 11. 1923. st post ofHc« at Raleigh, N. C., under Act of March 8, 1879. Published teml'tnomhly durlns the months of Octolier, November, February, March. April and May; monthly during September, December, and January. Tub Twio is the college newspaper of Meredith Collese, Raleigh. North Carolina, and as such Is one ot the three major puhllcations of the insdiution—'the other two being The Acorn, the literary masazine, and The Oak Leaves, the college annual. Mcreditb College Is an accreJited senior liberal arts collcge for women located in the capital city of North Carolin.-v, U confers the Bachelor of Arts and the Dachelor of Music de(:rces. The college ofTer» majors In twenty-one fields including music, art, business and home economic*. Since 1^21 the insiiiutfon has been a member of the Southern Association of CoUeses and Secondary Schools. The collei;e holds membership in the Association of American Collates and the Norili Carolina Colicfse Conference. Oradu.iies of Meredith Colieae are eligible for Tiiemherxhip in the American Assaclation of University Women. TIib instUutlon Is a liberal arts member of the National Association of Schools of Musie. Tkb Twio is served by National Advertising Service, Inc.. 420 Madison Ave., New York 17, New York. Subscription Rates: %2.9f per year . -for us Vo Opposite cn 3. mocJc diut/ Cdd-r ^aiHr/c / ^■ ^ a !! Letters to Editor Editor’s Note: With summer just around the corner, 1 think that it would be wise for all of us to read this article reprinted from the Old Gold and Black written by Jerry Attkinsson. In a special message to the Gen eral Assembly last Wednesday, Gov ernor Dan Moore fulfilled a cam paign pledge to do something about traffic safety in North Carolina. Moore’s address reflected the in creasing concern of many North Carolinians in our rising death rate on the highways. Last year, accord ing to the Governor there were 5,761 roadway fatalities—a record high. An additional 49,000 persons suffered serious injury. Proposed Measures In response to this “epidemic” of traffic accidcnts, Moore proposed that the following measures be taken; —^The creation of a highway safety rcscarch center with the University of North Carolina. —The establishment of the North Carolina Traffic Safety Authority to guide the state’s overall attack on traffic accidents. —The use of reflector license plates, which are supposed to be visible at three times the distance of ordinary taiilight reflectors. This proposal would be tried on a one year basis at a cost of two million dollars. —The expansion of driver education to provide 36 hours of training for all youth under 18 years old, either ■‘in or out of school.” —^The creation of an annual me chanical inspection law to be ad ministered by private garages at a cost of $1.50. —The addition of 50 patrolmen to the Highway Patrol each year for the next four years at a cost of $10,000 per man. —^The enactment of legislation to require outside mirrors on all cars sold after Jan. 1. These and other measures would cost the state approximately 5.5 inillion dollars. According to Moore, however, much of these funds are available from federal sources. Faccs Criticism In presenting these bold and con troversial proposals, Moore was not reluctant to shoulder possible criti cism, Many citizcns of our State op pose these measures because of past experiences. For example, a 1948 auto inspec tion law was repealed after one year because of complaints of inconveni ence raised by many citizens, j Moore ended his urgent message, singling out the legislators, “We must realize the urgent and desperate need for action. Neither you nor I can afford to let our political ambi tion or popularity stand in the way. Our obligation .. . demands that we take full action.” Will the 120 members of the Gen eral Assembly accept this challenge? Let’s hope so. Dear Editor, Whatever else may be said about dear Pepper Poole, one thing is cer tain—she don’t lie! Grubbs really did (and 1 quote Poole) “lay one on Barrington.” Anne Pepper deserves a vote of thanks from the entire stu dent body for allowing her play to be produced as a fund-raising effort for our library fund. The play, how ever, was not written with this ex plicit purpose in mind. The theme of the play, as 1 interpreted it, was to make us, the “future suburb dwellers of America,” aware of the two ways open to us when we assume our places as young marrieds in suburban communities. We can choose the way of living lo ourselves which inevita bly leads to boredom and dissatis faction with our self-satisfaction, to an endless stream of cocktail parties, bridge clubs and half - hearted, feigned enthusiasm for Little Theatre and symphony concerts. Or we can choose the more demanding yet more enduringly meaningful way of be coming involved outside of ourselves and the sterile confines of our middle - class existence; we can choose to be involved in voter regis tration, war-on-poverty campaigns, experimental art groups, and even WMU, which really is not a bad or ganization in spite of its Baptist af filiation. Without doubt, the play got this point across. Serious Overtones To be dramatically critical, I am in no position; but from personal in volvement in the play as a member of the audience, I was not prepared to take the seriousness of the theme to heart. During the long “middle” portion of the drama where the theme was presented, I was waiting for Grubbs and Barrington to get on with the business at hand (which they finally did to our satisfaction). Had we not known (he actors personally, the idea of the suburban dilemma Rena Realm By RENA RUARK You shall be free indeed when your days are not without a care nor your nights without ^ want and a grief. But rather when these things girdle your life and yet you rise above them naked and unbound. Kahlil Gibran We, as American citizens, are proud of our freedom. Wc balk at any attempt to infringe upon that Ifreedom by others and cry out against the tyrants and virtual dic tators of the world. Yet we as college students seem little aware of the pan we are or should be playing in the preservation of that freedom. Our lives have become chained to the routine of attending class, cramming for quizzes, follow ing religiously the television soap operas, and making plans for the social events of die week-end. We forget that college is not forever. We spend years of our lives, thou sands of dollars, and many long hours of mental labor in the effort to get a degree from college. And when we have that degree, in one, two, three or four years, what then? When our much-esteemed president hands each of us the parchment and we go our separate ways lo teach school, to raise a family, to cure the sick, or to do whatever our four years here at Meredith have trained us to do, what then? Will we sim ply slip into our special niche, fall into a new routine and remain ob livious to the world around us and our responsibilities to that worid? The privilege to choose and at tend college was granted to us many years ago by the men who founded ■this nation upon the principles of freedom for all citizens. But free dom is not free. What our fathers pve lo us we oureelves must earn if we are to possess it. It is only by becoming involved In the world around us, by looking beyond our selves and our routines that we may insure for ourselves, our fellow citi zens and our posterity the benefits of freedom which were preserved for us. We as college students must acccpt the responsibility which is ours and become actively involved in the political and social affairs of our world. We must earn our free dom. How to Be Study Wise 1. Budget your time and stick to it. 2. Take an occasional “Coffee Break.” Work 50 minutes, relax 10. 3. Learn to read faster. It’s done by practice. 4. Review as you read, checking back every few pages. 5. Keep classroom notes short and to the point. Fill them out later. 6. Do the hard homework first. Efficiency drops sharply towards bedtime. 7. Turn off that radio or phono graph while studying. 8. Keep a dictionary handy and use it. 9. Keep alert. Ask yourself ques tions as you read. 10. Don’t lag behind in your homework, particularly foreign lan guages. 11. Watch for summing-up para graphs in textbooks and learn thor oughly. 12. Review, Review, Review. The Guilfordian, Guilford College. could have come through more strongly. Nevertheless, Poole’s play was a great success! It served its pur pose first by making money for the library fund; second, by giving us food for thought; third, by providing a fun-filled hour of theater with a most enjoyable “grand finale.” Sandra Flynt
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