February 20, 1969
THE TWIG
Page Three
H Flower Power Conquers Many
Dan Cupid Visits Here
By BROOKS McGlRT
On February 14 young people’s
fancics turn to thoughts of love.
This situation is one of universal
application, and here at Meredith
the scenc is no different. For weeks
in advance, brightly colored dis
plays in the Bee Hive have urged
students to purchase cards and gifts,
while beautifully wrapped boxes of
Valentine candy confront them in
Ridgewood’s drug store — all
constant reminders of the approach
ing day of love.
At last the long-anticipated day
arrives; and its effects are especially
noticeable at Meredith, for ole Dan
t'^upid comes with it, bringing with
him a small avalanche of mail into
the post office and leaving Johnson
Hall lobby looking like a florist
shop. For this day at least dreams
arc hung on the contents of a mail
box and breaths arc licld cverytime
tlie pl'.onc rings.
But what are the facts in the
. story of Cupid's Valentine Day visit
to Meredith College, for there are
facts to be learned — facts which
reveal sonx interesting ideas and
'cross-sections of Meredith students.
First, in the Valentine card de
partment, Junior Barbara Perry, a
worker in the Meredith post office,
has taken the trouble on the busiest
day of the mailing year — at least
as far a young love is concerncd
• — to count the mail which arrived
on campus February 14. According
to her estimate, Meredith students
received approximately 900 cards
on Valentine's Day, and in this
. school of 850 or so students, that
figure averages out to at least one
card for every girl here — an aver
age which should cause happiness
• for most students, provided, that is,
that the one card is from the ap
propriate person.
The post office on campus also
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reports the arrival of 100 packages
on the 14th, which probably means
that in 100 rooms on campus, diets
will temporarily go out the window
while girls enjoy their Valentine
Candy! The post office adds that
many cards and packages arrived
earlier in the week, when no count
was being made, nor do their fig
ures include those remembrances
delivered by hand and in person.
Perhaps the Valentine Day phe
nomenon which is the most excit
ing for Meredith students is the ar
rival of flowers — flowers of nearly
every variety and of nearly every
color. Students passing through
Johnson Hall early in the morning
are treated to the sight of these
flowers banked up near the Dean of
Students office, seemingly in endless
rows. Figures recorded in the
Dean’s office show, however, that
last week flowers arrived for 10 per
cent of Meredith students — 95
flower arrangements being deliv
ered to happy recipients in the
dorms.
Breakdowns in the statistics re
veal further interesting divisions
among the classes as to who got
those flowers, For instance, it seems
that seniors and freshmen receive
the most flowers — at least ac
cording to this year’s results, with
seniors accounting for 26 of those
lucky recipients and freshmen 29.
Sophomores and Juniors are not
quite so fortunate — a total of 16
flower arrangements arrived bound
for second year students; and finally
the Junior Class brings up the rear
with 15. These figures might reveal
that freshmen and seniors are the
ones who get the big rush, which is
nothing really new; but at the very
least they offer a ray of hope for
becoming a senior!
Another fact of note from the
Dean of students records is that a
few students actually had the nerve
to receive two flower arrangements
instead of the alloted one per girl.
Those students who received no
flowers at all may properly feel
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January Graduates Scatter;
Many Assume Varied Roles
Basketball Team
Plans Comeback
By NANCY WATKINS
The Meredith basketball team
has gotten off to a slow start, but
the girls have not given up. Under
the leadership of Mrs. Helena Al
len and Mr. Paul Smith the team
plans to redeem their record of two
defeats,
The girls fell short to Peace Col
lege by a margin of ten points, 44-
34. The score was 28-25 with only
minutes to go but Peace’s basket
suddenly became a magnet and the
margin stretched to the final 10
points.
Again at Duke the Meredith
team was defeated 28-21. The score
with only minutes to go was 28-14.
The Meredith girls held the Blue
Devils scoreless while they cut the
margin in half but time did not hold
out long enough catch up.
By HELEN WILKIE and
ABIGAIL WARREN
Missing some familiar faces?
Wondering where the January
graduates are now? With a degree
have followed the opportunities of a
beginning job, another classroom,
marriage or all three.
Several graduates are still in the
Raleigh area. Linda Helms Roberts
is working at NCSU as a biology
lab assistant; Martha Lee is work
ing at Dix Hospital as a social
worker; Brenda Sizemore Young
blood, who was married Feb. 1, is
also living in Raleigh; Becky
Thompson is teaching in Raleigh;
Helen Via is engaged and living in
Raleigh; and Brenda Winn is work
ing for the Department of Revenue
in Raleigh.
Still more are not in Raleigh but
are in North Carolina. Becky Bat
son is in Wilmington; Ellen Derby
Best is teaching in Goldsboro;
Sylvia Bickett and Paula Ward are
sharing an apartment and teaching
in elementary schools in Winston-
Salem; Jackie Boone will soon as
sume her position as Youth Direc
tor of the First Baptist Church of
Zebulon; Beth Brady is a social
worker in Pittsboro; Evelyn Carter
is working for her father in Winston-
Salem; Linda Harris Martin, who
was married Feb. 1, is living in
Chapel Hill and working at UNC;
Mary Jewel Shipp is teaching in
Lillington; Jan Joyner Sherrill is
teaching elementary school in Cary;
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state. They are Louise Foster, who is
teaching in Springfield, Va.; Del
Cross Horton, who is teaching high
school math — also in Virginia;
Betty McNeill, who is working for
the Federal Reserve Bank in Rich
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who is teaching second grade in
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