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Page Two In Retrospect Another school year is about to close. Exams are just around the corner and then summer vacation will be here. Looking bacic over this year, I can hardly believe that the past nine months have flown by so fast. It seems like only yesterday that I was sitting under the Christmas tree at home. But what has happened to Meredith this year? Under the capable leadership of our Big Three, the Student Body has accomplished a great deal. We have come to a better understanding of the Honor Code. We have wit nessed a change in the name of our recreation association so as to lend itself to less derogatory connotations. And we have been spiritually enriched by programs presented by the MCA. However, this is not the end of our education; for mos( of us have next year to look forward to. We look back in appreciation but look to the future with anticipation. With the end of this semester we find many people leaving Meredith. Many students are graduating. To them, we say “bon voyage” on their trip through life. To those faculty and administrative personnel who will not be returning next year, we would like to say thank them for making Meredith what it is today—a place of which to be proud. In closing this year, I hope that everyone has a fun-filled summer and that we will re turn next fall eager to begin anew. DBS THE TWIG Don't Pack All Those Books Summer reading is imperative to education. As college students, we should be aware of (he two reasons why summer reading is an absolute necessity: (1) It is necessary so that we can maintain and improve our reading speed and our comprehension level; and (2) it is necessary so that we can broaden our literary background and therefore be better pre pared for the school semesters ahead. When that long awaited first of June arrives, we tend to throw away our books and dash as far away from school related subjects as possible. But whether we work at summer jobs, or spend three months at the beach, or attend summer school, we should remember that summer is the best time to read those books and magazines which we didn’t seem to have time to read during the semester. As is often said at Meredith, we can always make time for outside read ing. But it seems that during the summer, there is more time available to make time with! Unhampered by those necessities of education—tests, papers, projects, and memory work—^we should be able to read widely and intelligently. The secret to successful summer reading is planned reading. Whether we plan to read those books suggested for rising sophomores, or French poetry, or contemporary American novels, we should make a definite selection of books and allot ourselves a certain amount of time in which to read each one. A good way to meet our reading schedule is to carry a book around with us so as to take full advantage of every odd moment. It is important to plan our summer reading, but best laid plans, not followed, are useless. Hence we must take advantage of our plans and of our summer—^by reading. EP MEMBER Associated Collegiate Preaa EDrrORIAL STAFF Editor Delinda Barrier Associate Editor Elizabeth Ponton Managing Editor Mimi Holt Fcalure Editor Linda Worcester News Editor. Sylvia Woodford Copy Editors Alice AtwiU, Judy Riley, Shirley Tarleton Columnist Rena Ruark Reporters—Dudley Barbee, Sharon Bradshaw, Jeannie Bryant, Liz Dickens. Irene Hinuii, Beverly Kennedy, Jane Leonard, 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 Manager ,.Joy Daniel Advertising Manager. Vicki Wilson Circulation Manager Lee Smith Mailing Editor Ann Kanipe Chief Typist Gail Butler Typists—Ann Eaton. Janie 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, Lanrie Cress, Florence Dickens, Carol Ann Griffin, Myra Holloman, Cissy Miller, Mary Faith Millon, Ann Shinglcton, Faculty Sponsor Dr. Lois Frazier Entered as second-class matter Ociob«r 11. 1923. at post office at Raleigh, N. C., under Act of March S, 1879. Published 8eml>monthly during the months of October, November, February. March. April and May; monthly during September, December, and January. THE Twio is the college newspaper of Meredith ColleRe, Raleigh, North Carolina, and as Buch ts one of the three major publications of the institution—the other two being The Acorn, tiie literary majsazine. and The Oak Leaves, the colleee annual. Meredith College Is an accceclited senior liberal arts college for women located In the capital city of North Carolina. It confers the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Music degrees. The college offers majors in twenty-one fields Including music, art, business and home economics. Since 1921 the instKutloti has been a member of the Southern Association of Cotleges and Secondnry Schools. The college holds membership in the Association of American Collesea and the North Carolina CoUege Conference. Graduates of Meredith College are eligible for membership in the American Association of University Women, The institution is a liberal arts member of the NaUonal Association of Schools of Music. The Twio Is served by National Advertising Service, Inc., 420 Madison Ave., New York 17, New York. Subscription Rales; $2.9f per year LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor, Samuel Johnson once said: “Sir, the road to hell is paved by good intentions.” Whenever I try to look back upon past activities, to think back upon past decisions, or to re> call those persons and times of real relationships, I always find myself caught in the web of “intentions.” I intended to participate in this ac tivity, or I intended to make that decision, or I intended to meet this person as a person who needs an other. M.C.A. work and spirit is like the world of work and spirit in gen eral, for we begin with a vision that evolves into an Intention which hopefully materializes into a con crete reality. Sometimes in the world ol; work and spirit, visions fade away, intentions remain intentions, and reality becomes an allusion. Nonetheless, we begin where we are with the visions, intentions, and realities where we stand and we strive with all our faith to respond to God and encounter Him in a dy namic, personal way. I can’t begin to express my per sonal appreciation to Bud Walker, to the council members themselves, to all the girls who cared and sought service in the community life. All that was done and that will be done should be attributed not to any of our small efforts, but to God alone. I feel our work together in M.C.A. programs has offered one primary thing to our campus: an opportunity to encounter God and thus people. In conclusion, I hope the “we- they” concept of the Christian or ganization within the campus is slowly fading. The only way for Christ to meet our world is in a “we” concept and in an alive, frank, free encounter. Our program ef forts have been directed to our needs here as a community and hopefully the feeble attempts to share the good news have not proved vain. Anne Poole Dear Editor, What a thrill! Seven days in May was perhaps the most exciting week of my four years at Meredith. It was wonderful to see 800 people really come alive and work to gether for the same goal, resulting in an offering that will long be re membered. Those few girls who did the work behind the scenes deserve con gratulations for their courage in un dertaking such a project. Of course, the faculty and administration co operated so well that the auction could not help but be a fantastic revelation (and watching them ful fill their promises has been unbe lievable!) But the real reward came in seeing the overwhelming support from the student body. Each of us has become a part of the proposed library, and will no doubt always remember the unique opportunities we had in doing so. There should rightly exist a real feeling of pride on this campus, not so much because we raised $2,400, but more so because we all joined hands to work for Meredith’s bet terment, which in turn was possibly a way of showing our appreciation for the growth we have realized as a member of her community. Yes, the library week was thrilling and definitely successful, thanks to a wonderful student body. Donna Dull Dear Editor, Where and how does a student begin to thank (he people who have helped her to think, to love, to grow in a personal, dynamic, crea tive way? Dr. Campbell’s words in the Thanksgiving service in 1963 illustrate the difficulty in expressing gratitude. He said: “You have heard it is more blessed to give than to receive, but I say to you it is more difficult to receive than to give.” He then made this comment about parents and children: “Children love their parents not for what the parents have done for them, but for what the parents have permitted the children to do with them.” These two thoughts, I feel, express the dilemma and gratitude of the sen iors. We have received instruction, attention, personal encounter, and deep concern from faculty and ad ministrative members; and conse quently, we find it exceedingly dif ficult to know how to express our gratitude. We have not only received from Meredith but also we have been permitted to give to Mere dith. We have been permitted to grow intellectually, to plan and par ticipate in creative endeavors, to love people and fellowship, to share and laugh and express our wild cries and quiet meditations. Personally, I have felt free, challenged, ex cited, involved, loved, encouraged, disturtwd, and creative here at Meredith. We have been permitted to grow and encounter the rich re lationships in this proccss. I think most of the seniors feel as I do lhat our words of gratitude are inadequate; however, 1 hope we can express our joyous appreciation to faculty, administration, and other students — to Meredith — in our personal encounters in our new world outside of the world we have known here. Anne Poole May 6, 1965 RENAS REALM By RENA RUARK When I sat down to write this column, I was determined that I would not write the usual “end of the year Coltunn” which always makes its appearance in the final issue of The Twig. Yet I find myself eating my words, for my mind is filled with the task of “fin ishing up” and nothing else seems quite as important at the moment. Perhaps the subject is not so trite after all, for what is life but a proccss of beginning and finishing and beginning again. All of us find ourselves looking back over the pre ceding year, wondering at its rapid passing, regretting that we have not accomplished all that we set out to accomplish, suffering from a certain nostalgia at thoughts of the first fra ternity party, the endless hours of trigonometry or algebra, the splashes and shouts of congratulations drift* ing across the court at midnight, the thrill at receiving that first wonder ful A, the feeling of kinship with the girl sitting next to us in Chapel. Whether the year has been the final one of our formal education or only a milestone in the work toward graduation, it has become a part of our lives and its experiences have become a part of us. Some of our friends will leave us this year, but they will not be forgotten. The ex periences we have shared with them have left indelible impressions on our lives and the memories of those experiences will continue to) make our departed friends a vital part of our life, not only here at Meredith but also when we ourselves have depailed. It is finishing up time indeed, yet we can never really tie the year up and set it aside merely to look back on and cry or rejoice over its events. Our exams and final grades will be the end of the courses we have taken as far as our academic record is concerned; but the knowl edge, even if only a little bit, which we have received by attending end less classes and cramming for quizzes and exams will become the first step in a new beginning. The process is an endless one. The clos ing of this school year, then, is both an ending and a beginning. The experiences of the year 1964-1965 can only be evaluated in terms of a life-time. About Letters The Twig would like to make its policies clear concerning letters to the editor. Next year names will be withheld upon request. However, it Is the opinion of the staff that if you write a letter about any aspect on campus you should be willing to back your feelings up with your name. If you do not want your name printed, we will be glad to withold it. You must turn the letter into the Twig signed. Letters should be turned in to Dee Barrier or to the Twig room. These letters should be received no later than Tuesday after the re minder in chapel the previous Thursday. The staff is looking for ward to handling much student re action to activities on campus. ANNUAL DEDICATION (Continued from page 1) The book is highlighted by a num ber of colored pictures which repre sent most areas of life at Meredith. Through pictures and effective copy, the 1965 Oak Leaves staff has cap tured the spirit of Meredith. Another feature of the yearbook is the Senior Superlative section. The following seniors were honored by their classmates for outstanding achievement: Miss Meredith, Betty Ipock; Most Likely to Succeed, Anne Pepper Poole; Wit, Janet Hines; Frieiidliness, Betsy Denson; Beauty, Harriet McLoud Dixon; Most Tal ented, Margaret Simmons; Qass Spirit, Betty Jo Steele; Intellect, Carol May; Dependable, Judy Grif fin; Best All Round Dorm Student, Robin Gentry; Athletic, Nancy Jones; and Best All Round Day Stu dent, Sally Howard Moore.
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