SEPTEMBER S, 1972
THE TWIG
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ODDS & ENDS
As a part of the regular TWIG feature, Marilyn Lawrence
will be writing this column on hints for dorm and campus
life. Look for this column periodically to gain some helpful
suggestions for the school year!
Bicycle Hints;
1) Ways to properly lock your bike; a. Always lock bike when
it is left unattended, b. Put chain around rear wheel, bike frame,
and stationary object, c. When possible, run chain through both
wheels.
2) Record the serial number of bicycle.
3) Obey all traffic laws, a. Use hand signals, b. Do not carry
passengers, c. Do not hitch rides on other moving vehicles,
d. Ride on right side of road, not on sidewalks, e. Ride single
file; do not weave, f. At busy intersections, walk your bike,
following pedestrians.
Decorating Hints:
1. Inexpensive curtains can be made from the new print sheets,
(for the larger windows of the older dorms, they don’t even
need hemming.
2. Scenic posters can be obtained free of charge at the N. C.
Dept, of Natural & Economic Resources, Travel and Pro
motion Section) in the State Administration Building on Jones
Street next to the Legislative Building.
3. Masking tape works best for posters because it will not peal
the paint.
4. For a bright spot of color, cut colored tissue paper in suitable
shapes and paste on the inside of a translucent lamp shade.
The light will not be distorted but spreads color around the
room.
5. Chianti bottles make attractive candle and dried flower
holders.
6. An unusual bulletin board can be made with a canvas stretch
found at the Supply Store or hardware store and a colorful
remnant.
7. The need for extra shelf space in the bathroom can be re
lieved with some extending pole shelves. In the older dorms,
extra height is needed. A cinder block and brick are just
right.
8. In new dorms, a decorative touch to room dividers can be
added with stringed glass beads hung across the divider as
a curtain.
DR. KNIGHT’S STAY
IN ENGLAND SlICCESSFCL
A tiny car in which she
could get 50 miles per gal
lon ... a meeting with Words
worth’s great - granddaughter
... a visit to the home of a
woman whose work is to Old
English study as the Rosetta
Stone is to archaeology... all
were exciting aspects of Dr.
lone Knight’s recent journey
to England and Scotland.
Though she flew to England
in March of this year. Dr.
Knight received the impetus
for her trip much earlier,
when, in May 1970 and in Sep
tember 1971, Dr. Mary Lynch
Johnson donated copies of
Elizabeth Elstob’s OLD
ENGLISH GRAMMAR, pub
lished in 1715, and the trans
lation of an Anglo - Saxon
priest’s sermon, published in
1709, to the Harris Rare Book
1,0000 IN JAIL
The presence of nearly
1,000 American youth in for
eign jails on drug charges
has prompted a public ser
vice advertising campaign to
warn Americans traveling a-
broad to avoid drug-law vio
lations while visiting other
countries.
A new phase of that public
service campaign begins to
day. Included will be TV and
radio spots; print ads for col
lege newspapers, commercial
dailies and magazines; and
posters for American Express
offices, here and abroad, and
for airline terminals. Being
printed is a pamphlet contain-
Workshop
Planned
By SGA
On September 14, 1972, the
Student Government Associa
tion is sponsoring a leader
ship workshop to aim towards
decreasing campus “unrest”
and increasing campus inter
est and cooperation. It will be
a six part program beginning
in the evening at 7; 00 p.m.,
with an introductory message
by Dr. Weems. Group discus
sions concerning parliamen
tary procedure, enthusiasm,
responsibility, and commun
ication will be conducted.The
workshop is designed to ad
vance the effectiveness of a
good student government
through proper training and
discussion. It will be held in
Joyner Hall and officers of
all campus organizations are
urged to attend.
• • ••
Various body stimulations
are on the agenda for a more
well-developed you this year!
Not only physically are these
activities enhancing, but also
are they mentally and emo
tionally inviting. You enter
into a new dimension of mind
and body unity. Take on a new
attitude and perspective about
physical curricular activities
and realize that excellence in
physical activity is just as
fulfilling as mental activity.
An advantage of the program
set up is that it combines
both mental and physical ex
cellence. If you are interest
ed. challenge yourself to read
this weekly report on the pro
gressing program of activities
and possibly you might feel the
urge to investigate and parti
cipate in some of the activi
ties available.
The tennis team starts once
again this year with an enthus
iastic group of girls who, with
a dab of whole-hearted deter
mination and responsibility,
will have some very benefi
cial experiences and (they
hope) some rewarding results
For Everyone
for the school team. Various
skill drills and game strate
gy are to be practiced through
out the fall semester, helping
to build and keep the girls in
good shape for the matches.
The first match will be against
Duke University, Tuesday,
September 19th.
A dorm vs. dorm volleyball
Intra-mural Tournament has
been set up for the month of
September. Thursday, Sep
tember 7, at 5; 30 Barefoot will
face Fair cloth and at 6:15,
Stiingfield and Vann will play.
The winning teams of the two
matches will play each other
September 13th at 5:45. Tues
day, September 7, at 7;30 Po-
teat will confidently battle with
Heilman and as for Brewer—
they have a bye the first go-
roimd. Also, on the 13th of
September, the winning team
between Poteat and Heilman
will take on “brassy Brewer’’*
at 6:30. September 21 at 5; 30
will be the "final volley” be
tween the two dorms with the
most points and will determine
which one will be making a
home for the volleyball intra
mural trophy.
An intercollegiate volley
ball team is getting on its
feet this year with the help
and guidance of Mrs. Van
diver. A tournament will be
held this November involving
a variety of N.C. schools and
if volleyball arouses pulses
in your system, go to the gym
and check out the details with
Mrs. Vandiver.
Synchronized swimming
has created quite a wake in the
swimming recreational area.
This year, already two class
es have been established for
this specific activity, and with
a mere desire to taste the wa
ter and apply creativity, this
body of water could be an ex
cellent field.
Not only is practice for the
synchronized swimming ses
sion held from 6:00 - 7:30
p.m. on Wednesdays, it is also
held for a performing dance
group. This is an exciting field
if dancing motivates the free
dom of emotion in you.
For those of you looking for
inner peace, happiness, and
excellence, the recreation de
partment has a season for you!
ing foreign drug law extracts
for seat pockets of aircraft
carrying Americans over
seas.
All of the material warns
travelers that drug laws in
other countries are general
ly strict and rigidly enforced.
Pointed out also are some
differences in the jurispru
dence system. For example,
some countries permit no ap
peals from lower courts.Some
have no bail system. Pre
trial detention in some coun
tries is lengthy.
The public service cam
paign is sponsored by the Na
tional Clearinghouse for Drug
Abuse Information in behalf
of the White House Special
Action Office for Drug Abuse
prevention and other concern
ed Federal agencies in co
operation with the advertis
ing agency Vansant, Dugdale,
Inc., Baltimore, and The Ad
vertising Council.
(Continued on page 4)
Room in the Carlyle Camp
bell Library. Admiring these
works very much. Dr. Knight
soon felt compelled to learn
more about the remarkable
woman whose brainchildren
they were. In her quest for
more knowledge of Miss El-
stob. Dr. Knight learned that
this woman, proficient in sev
en languages, learned Anglo-
Saxon under the tutelage of
the curator of the Bodlain Li
brary at Oxford, thus being
the first woman to gain ac
cess to that bastian of English
learning. Later, while collect
ing material for a biography
of Miss Elstob, Dr. Knight re
ceived the recompense for her
days of studying archives; a
visit to Bath, Miss Elstob’s
home.
Laying her work aside fpr
several more days. Dr. Knight
embarked in a miniature car
on a tour including such places
of interest as Sussex, Notting
ham, Newcastle, Durham,
Carlisle, Edinburgh, and the
Orkneys, as she was joined
at Oxford by Dr. Johnson.
Along the way. Dr. Knight
met Wordsworth’s great-
granddaughter and dined with
the daughter of J.R.R. Tol
kien, author of the popular
THE LORD OF THE RINGS.
Back at home now since
July, Dr. Knight suggests that
girls interested in visiting
the British Isles as she did
should consult the American
Institute for Foreign Study
and the British Schools and
Universities Study - in -
England Program, in Green
wich, Connecticut, and in New
York, respectively.
SDH UNDERWAY
by Mary Owens
In the year 1970, four stu
dents at Kent State were kill
ed in a tragedy that stunned
and outraged many Ameri
cans; the nation’s most lib
eral abortion law went into
effect in New York; a new
Mideast crisis was raging in
Jordan; Apollo 12 limpedback
from an abortive lunar mis
sion; and students at Meredith
College were dutifully signing
in on their dorm cards at
11;30 p.m. on week nights.
However, it was not with
daughterly delight that many
did so. More than one began
to express impatience with
certain social regulations and
dream loftily of the day they
might, as Cinderella once did,
attain the pri-vilege of return
ing from their Wednesday
night “balls” under a 12;00
midnight moon. Those who
wished most strongly for later
curfews were those who lost
more than a slipper rushing
to get in at that appointed mo
ment. Then, as all nice dreams
should, this one eventually
came true.
As the influence of out
side forces began to seep
through the fortifications sur
rounding Meredith tradition-
civil rights, new morality,
liberation of women, etc. —
the tides of student opinion
began to rise and fall in rest
less anticipation. The shores
of conservation began to erode
— ever so slowly, but defi
nitely nonetheless. And, as
the result of sporadic waves
of determination pounding
ever so cooperatively on the
sands of time and effort, a
three year old project was
finally realized and became
effective for September 5,
1972. The juniors and seniors
at Meredith College are now
the happy holders of “Self-
Determining Hours” (code
name SDH), which is defined
for the recipients on an out
line made available by the
SGA. This is a privilege for
which many are grateful —
and though off limits to sopho
mores and freshmen, lower
classmen may look forward to
these benefits in the years to
come. The regulations con
cerning SDH are no more com
plicated than previous regula
tions and should require no
deep effort to understand.
Chalk up one more for our
school, ladies, and “May thy
banner, Alma Mater, ever
wave!”
CLUB TO"BUCK NIXON”
The “Buck Nixon Club” is
an organization through which
students, by their collective
power, are trying to help fin
ance the McGovern- Shriver
campaign in North Carolina.
Just recently organized at
Meredith by Ann Wall and
Cathy Rodenburg, the full
drive will begin after Labor
Day.
The club plans to have at
least 10,000 students from
colleges, universities, and
technical schools throughout
the state each give one dollar
per week for the ten week cam
paign period. This way, stu
dents for McGovern plan to
obtain enough “buck power”
(money power) to compete with
the Nixon forces.
This $10,000 drive for
weekly student support repre
sents the kind of grassroots
organizing and financing that
typifies the McGovern effort.
Supporters hope that, through
financial and “spiritual” aid
of the students, a large work
able sum can be financed.