March 20,1969
THE TWIG
Page Three
Senior Nancy Hinson Selected to Participate
In Program of Experimental International Living
Spring Fever Conies Again
Dust and Dirt-Haters Clean
By BROOKS McGIRT
Anyone who has ever lived at
Meredith for any length of time at
all has most likely noticed a certain
aspect of dormitory life which most
resident students can do without:
that is, the dust which invariably
coats every structure exposed to the
open air.
Keeping a room clean and livable
is never really a problem for most
girls while they are still living at
' home, although their mothers may
disagree. But when they arrive at
school, full of mother’s advice on
keeping the room straight, the prob
lem suddenly meets them face to
face.
It doesn’t take them long to dis
cover that no matter how often they
dust the desk, chest, bedside table,
record player, etc., by the afternoon,
everything is once more covered
with a fine layer of dust. Nor are
they long in discovering the fine
gray clumps of fuzz which collect
along baseboards, under beds, and
in unused corners of the room, re-
> turning almost before they can be
cleaned away.
After several weeks of experienc
ing tliis frustration, the student is
tempted to just let the dirt, grime,
and fuzz pile up. knowing that any
cleaning efforts on her part will re-
, main noticeable for only a few min
utes at most.
And this is how it has been in
many rooms throughout Meredith
dormitories during the past few
months. Students, uninspired by the
drabness of the outside, the cold,
damp drizzle which afflicts them,
watch as the dust collects on radios,
bedboards, without making any at-
’ tempt to disturb it from its resting
places. So the dirt layer grows thick
er and thicker, and the gray fuzz
• seems to develop like a fungus.
But, as spring approaches, atti
tudes toward cleaning rooms sud
denly begin to change. The feel of
warm temperatures, the smell of
spring in the air, suddenly combine
to inspire students into general
over-all procedures on their rooms.
This operation has begun for this
year at Meredith. Students have al
ready been seen moving all mov
ables into the hall while inside their
rooms, brooms, vacuum cleaners
and dust cloths are wielded in the
never-ending battle against dirt.
Even students whose rooms have
been completely camouflaged by
trash and mess during the rest of
the year may be seized by the
spring-cleaning madness and sud
denly discover the room which has
been hidden underneath the clutter
and dirt of the winter.
At last, rooms are cleaned, furni
ture shifted to fresh positions, and,
exhausted by exhilarated, filled with
feelings of domesticity, students col
lapse on their beds to revel in the
cleanliness which suddenly sur
rounds them and to dedicate them
selves to cleaning “the room” at
least once a week from now on.
Little do they realize that in two
days, the dust will be back, as will
the gray fuzz, just as if they had
never taken a broom to it.
Thus runs the course of dirt in
Meredith College dorms — a never-
ending struggle against dust and the
gray fuzz — a struggle which be
comes especially noticeable as
spring and spring-cleaning time ap
proaches the campus.
“I like to take one country at a
time” was Nancy Hinson’s reaction
to her upcoming trip to Great Bri
tain. Nancy, a senior history and
sociology major, has been selected
by The Experiment in International
Living to live abroad with a family
in Great Britain this summer.
The Experiment has been en
gaged in international educational
exchange since its founder, Dr. Don
ald B. Watt, first introduced a group
of American youths to their French
and German-speaking counterparts
in Switzerland in 1932. It is now
the most well-established program
of its type in the world with repre
sentatives in more than 60 countries
involved in the annual exchange of
some 5,000 young men and women
between the United States and 100
nations around the globe.
Before Nancy arrives in her
home stay community abroad, she
will join ten other members of her
Experiment group for intensive
preparation. The group, with the as
sistance of an experienced leader,
will discuss the customs and cul
ture of Great Britain and prepare to
meet its people on their own terms.
For one month Nancy and her
fellow Experimenters will live with
individual families in Great Britain.
During the 1st three weeks in Great
Britain, Nancy and her group will
invite members of their host fam
ilies to join tliem for an extensive
travel period throughout Great Bri
tain.
Nancy, a Beatle fan. selected
Great Britain for its sense of his
torical value and compactness. At
tracted by the opportunities for
sightseeing in London, Nancy is
looking forward to life with her ex
change family in their suburban
London residence.
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Charles Parker, Leonard White
Plan Summer European Tour
A Meredith Tour to Europe will
be conducted this summer by
Charles Parker, Meredith chaplain,
and Leonard White, Associate Pro
fessor and Chairman of the Art De
partment.
The 22 day tour will depart for
London from New York July 30,
1969. Visits will be made to seven
countries, including England, Hol
land, Germany, Switzeriand, A”S-
tria, Italy, and France. A summary
of the itinerary is as folows;
England — Highlights of the Lon
don visit will include a tour of
Picadilly Circus, Buckingham Pal
ace and the Changing of the Guard,
Whitehall and Westminster Abbey.
Holland — Upon arrival there
will be a sightseeing cruise through
the canals and harbor of Amster
dam and a motorcoach to Volen-
dam.
Germany — Sights in Germany
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Rhine River, a trip to Heidelberg
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Black Forest to the Swiss border.
Switzerland — An excursion to
Mt. Pilatus will highlight the trip
to Switzeriand.
Austria — The group will drive
along Walenlake over the Arlberg
Pass to Innsbruck.
Italy — Venice, Florence and
Rome will be visited in Italy. Visits
to the Historic Doges’ Palace, St.
Mark’s Cathedral, the Medici
Chapel, the Colosseum and the Sis-
tine Chapel are among a few high
lights of the visit to Italy.
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