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THE TWIG
March 19, 1954
Behind the Door of the S. G. Council
Nancy Brown
“What in the world do you all
do in that meeting for an hour and
a half every Monday night?” Be
cause members of the S. G. Council
hear such questions so often, we
know that students are interested in
what goes on in our meetings. With
this issue of the Twig we shall
initiate a feature intended to tell
you something about council activi
ties. For example, let’s take the
meeting of Monday night, March 8.
It was a lengthy session, lasting an
hour and a half. What did we talk
about?
Well, first we welcomed Becky
Calloway, your president for next
year, who came in as an observer.
She is going to be with us through
the rest of the term, but will not
be a regular council member.
We arc proud to announce that
the returns for room check for the
first month in the new semester were
on the whole, very good. Faircloth
was at the top of the list with no
rooms having 2 D’s or F’s; String
field and Brewer were tied with one
each, but as for Vann—whew! They
had 13! What happened, girls? In
accord with our newly established
plan for rooms receiving 2 D’s or
F’s, these rooms were checked for a
week by the House Councils
and proved satisfactory. We were
pleased that the plan worked so well
and hope that all four dorms will
have clean slates next time.
Also, a new plan concerning the
number of week-end privileges
granted to a student was discussed
by the members of the council; no
conclusion has been reached as yet.
Did you go to the open house in
the Hut either of the last two Satur
day nights? If you didn’t, you really
missed something. It was a decided
success, and we are going to try it
as often as we can. Watch the bulle
tin board to see what nights the Hut
will be open. Don’t forget — it’s
for all of you and your dates, and we
hope you will enjoy it to the fullest.
Have you thought about the hon
or code lately? In this meeting the
council spent quite a while talking
about how it applies to all of us.
The chief matter was the dual sys
tem of responsibility that the honor
code entails; as you know, the way
it is set up we are really responsible
for our behavior and that of other
people too. It is not our obligation
to tattle on somebody; of course, we
CAMPUS OFFICERS
(Continued from page one)
The vice-presidents of the major
organizations are all rising seniors.
Ellen Moore, from Belmont, will
serve as vice-president of the S.G.;
Katie Lee Currin, from Roxboro,
as 1st vice-president of the B.S.U.;
Shirley Spoon, from Charlotte, as
2nd vice-president of the B.S.U.;
and Trudy Fitzgerald, from Gretna,
Va., as 3rd vice-president of the
B.S.U. The vice-president of the
A.A. will be Nancy Hall, from
Woodsdale. The vice-presidents of
the day students are Betty Smith, 1st
vice-president; and Marlene Keep,
3rd vice-president.
Serving as secretaries of the ma
jor organizations will be Nancy
Carpenter, a sophomore from Char
lotte, secretary of the S.G.; Martha
Ann Roberts, a freshman from
Lumberton, secretary of the B.S.U.;
and Mary Edna Grimes, a freshman
from Smithfield, secretary of the
A. A. The treasurers of the S.G.,
B. S.U., and A.A. respectively, are
Betty Vance, a sophomore from Ma
con, Ga.; Nancy Young, a fresh
man; and Kay Johnson, a sopho
more from Middlesex.
The business manager of the Oak
Leaves will be Connie Woodall, a
sophomore from Greer, S. C., and
the business manager of the Twig
will be Peggy Smith, a junior from
Charlotte.
Dormitory presidents for Vann,
Stringfield, Brewer, and Faircloth
respectively, are Raye King, a jun
ior from Fayetteville; Velma Smith-
have all been warned against that
ever since we can remember. In ac
cepting this hardest part of the hon
or code, we may be helping a person
to develop in the right way and keep
ing her from more trouble later.
We are learning to live as adults in
a community while we are in col
lege, and here we find a very im
portant aspect of maturity in the
acceptance of responsibility. The
council members are very much
concerned about the honor code as
it affects both themselves and the
student body which they are repre
senting. We decided to read the
honor code again and to rethink
what it means to each of us per
sonally. If each member of the stu
dent body would do the same, we
think there would be on the cam
pus a new consciousness of what
it means to be a part of the Mere
dith community. If you will take a
few minutes to read the code, may
be you’ll have some thoughts to
pass on to us.
Have you seen the new S. G.
room? We are thrilled to be in our
new home. In fact, we were so
happy about it that we celebrated
with coffee and cookies. Patsy is
having office hours on Monday
afternoons from 4; 00 to 5; 00 and
hopes you will drop in to see the
new room and her. If you have any
gripes or ideas about what you would
like to see the S. G. do, be sure
to go to see her; or if you have a
few minutes to chat, she would like
to have you come by. For those of
you who haven’t heard, it is located
in Room 3 Vann, where Miss Grim-
mer’s office used to be.
In closing, I congratulate all the
newly elected council members.
You have a hard and challenging,
but rewarding, job ahead of you,
and we are sure that you’ll accom
plish a great deal. Good luck!
wick, a junior from Ponzer; Nancy
Doherty, a junior from Chinquapin;
Marjorie Stowe, a junior from Rose
ville.
The vice-presidents of the four
dormitories will serve also as hall
proctors. In Vann will be Pat Bow
en, a sophomore from Henderson;
Mary Kiser, a sophomore from
Waco; and Kay McCosley, a sopho
more from New Bern. Mary Fran
ces Colston, a sophomore from
Spring Hope; Nancy Reece, a
sophomore from Mt. Airy; and
Ruthe Tyson, a junior from Farm-
ville will serve in Stringfield. Iris
Merritt, a sophomore from Chapel
Hill; Mary Dare Moore, a junior
from Salisbury; and Nina Ruppelt,
a junior from Charlotte will man
age Brewer. In Faircloth will be
Patty Melvin, a junior from Harrells;
Frances Moncrief, a sophomore
from Washington, N. C.; and Mary
Jo Pinner, a junior from Tabor City.
Phoebe Barnhardt, a junior from
Concord, will serve as college mar
shal. The president of the Meredith
Playhouse will be Mary-Cobb West
brook a junior from Nashville,
N. C. The presidents of the two
societies for next year will be Er
nestine Cottrell, Phi president, a
junior from Lenoir; and Susie Ruck
er, Astro president, a junior from
Shelby.
Achievement Tests
Given to Sophomores
On Wednesday and Thursday,
March 10 and 11, the sophomores
took tests, prepared by the Co-op
erative Testing Corporation of
Princeton, New Jersey. These tests
were similar to the ones which the
freshmen took when they entered
college last fall, the difference being
that the sophomore tests were more
advanced. There is a twofold pur
pose for giving the tests. First, they
indicate to the students their stand
ing in relation to other members
of the class and to the national av
erage. Also they show how Mere
dith compares with other schools.
The results will be available for the
sophomores in May.
CAMPAIGN WORKERS
APPEALS
(Continued from page five)
—SO that all her workers will be
sure to attend the meeting.
For three reasons we do not want
any worker to have more than four
or five prospects:
1. We want a large number of
Meredith alumnae to have the last
ing satisfaction of having given some
constructive effort as well as money
to the continuing growth of Alma
Mater.
2. Seeing so few prospects should
not take too much time from the
busy days of housewife, teacher,
executive, or worker in any other
of the many fields in which our
alumnae are engaged.
3. Once that active solicitation
starts in an area, we want it finished
within a week, except for interviews
deferred by illness or absence of a
prospect from town.
From every town that has as
many as three or four alumnae we
have asked a representative to come
to a planning meeting to get her
cards and material and to go home
and see the other two or three. The
towns having only one or two alum
nae we have assigned to other towns
of the area that have an organiza
tion of workers. Every individual
is important. We may not have
Margaret Brights” in all these town
with few alumnae (Margaret has
never missed a commencement and
always gives generously to every
call of the Association), but they
are loyal daughters on whom we
call to help us reach our Expansion
goal.
Scheduled Meetings
As the Twig goes to press, the
following meetings have been ar
ranged :
Greensboro Area—-March 11,
7:45 in the First Baptist Church
parlor.
Apex Chapter Meeting—March
13, 12:30, luncheon in Recreational
Building of First Baptist Church.
Smithfield Area — March 18,
12:30, luncheon at Steve’s Restau
rant, Highway 301, between Smith-
field and Selma.
Raleigh Area—March 20, 10:00,
at the Alumnae House.
Lumberton Area—March 20,
1:00, luncheon at the Lorraine
Hotel.
Fayetteville Area—March 24,
(Continued on page eight)
NOTES FROM THE
HISTORY DEPARTMENT
Dr. Alice B. Keith is currently
serving on the nominating commit
tee for the state A.A.U.W.
Dr. Lillian P. Wallace spoke to
the Young Adults Class of the Watts
Street Baptist Church in Durham
on Sunday, March 7.
Dr. Sarah Lemmon’s article “The
Agricultural Policies of Eugene Tal-
raadge,” appeared in the January
issue of Agricultural History. Tal-
madge served as commissioner of
agriculture before being elected gov
ernor, and interspersed in his fre
quent advice and information to
farmers was his political philosophy,
which was anti-AAA and New Deal.
Both of these programs he consid
ered unconstitutional. An examina
tion of his policies is significant
primarily for an insight into his po
litical position.
DR. LEMMON, DR. SYRON
ATTEND CONFERENCE
Dr. Sarah Lemmon and Dr. Les
lie Syron attended the Social Stud
ies Conference of the North Caro
lina Baptist Colleges on February
19-20 at Gardner-Webb College in
Boiling Springs. Six of the seven
Baptist colleges in the state were
represented in this conference. The
purpose of the meeting was to dis
cuss and compare methods of teach
ing the social studies during the first
two years of college, and to effect
closer co-operation between the
Baptist institutions of the state.
Serving as officers of next year’s
conference will be Dr. Lemmon as
president. Professor H. E. Jolly of
Mars Hill as vice-president, and Dr.
Leslie Syron as secretary.
Virginian with Tar on His Heels
By Kirksey Sink
a*
Shown in his office is Mr. Belcher. Kirksey Sink is the interviewer.
Let’s have an interview! With
whom, you ask? Come along with
me if your natural woman’s curios
ity is at work and you will be in
for a delightful introduction to not
only an interesting personality but
one expressed in a quite delightful
Virginian accent (which I wish were
printable). And who is the pos
sessor of these charms? Why Mr.
V. H. Belcher, our bursar, who
greets us with a welcoming smile as
we make ourselves comfortable for
a few minutes of visiting.
Mr. Belcher would certainly play
a losing game in trying to conceal
his birthplace, for his first ac
cents tell us “Virginia” in no un
certain terms, and sure enough he
is Lynchburg born and bred. In fact,
he tells us that his position here with
us is his first experience out of
his state, and something of a nov
elty too. How so? We ask. He re
veals then that his situation is op
posite to ours — he has been with
a school about two-thirds male,
with girls in the minority at Lynch
burg College, and so finds it a nov
elty to be with a school exclusive
ly female. He compliments us for
our friendliness and says he has
been made to feel right at home
here. We’re convinced that he does,
for he adds that Raleigh is second
only to Lynchburg, and we can’t
blame him for placing us second
since we’ve only had him for three
months; perhaps three more will
put us first.
Our future interests Mr. Belcher
and promises a challenge which he
is anticipating—the realization of
Meredith’s expansion program. He
tells us this was one of the factors
bringing him to us, for he enjoys
construction, not only seeing the
building as a reality but also view
ing the materialization of answers
to our needs for better facilities.
Such genuine interest promises great
things in store for Meredith’s future.
He seems even more optimistic
about our program since we have
the strong support of Baptists all
over the state who are backing us
the whole way.
Week ends are busy affairs for
Mr. Belcher; any north-bound
traveler will pass him heading for
Stop in at
Arnold's Rexall
Drugs
3025 Hillsboro St.
Lynchburg or Washin^on, where
his wife is administrative assistant
to Congressman Polk of Ohio. In
cidentally, Mr. Belcher must have
been the first person in North Caro
lina to hear about the Puerto Rican
incident, for Mrs. Belcher called
him just an hour after the shooting
to give him a first-hand account.
It seems that Congressman Polk had
his guardian angel with him that
day, for he was sitting dangerously
between two Congressmen who were
hit! The Belchers certainly have a
problem in commuting, but they
share it by meeting in Lynchburg,
only to face another problem; both
sets of parents live in Lynchburg—
which to visit for the week end?
(We’ll say it’s not a very enviable
position!)
One of these days the Belchers
plan to have their own home in Ra
leigh. Here Mr. Belcher will find
time to finish that eight-leg, drop-
leaf Hepplewhite he is in the proc
ess of making. One of his hobbies
is wood-work, especially the re
production of antique end-tables.
IJut, he confesses, he doesn’t have
much time for it these days. The
first warm days of spring might find
him working in the garden, but as
the weather warms, this interest
cools a little, he says dryly. “With
Mrs. Belcher’s approval, I enjoy ex
perimenting in the, shall we say
‘culinary arts’,” he adds with a wry
smile. But they always allow plenty
of time, just in case, if the experi
ment doesn’t prove successful, they
can then make it safely to a restau
rant, where steaks are broiled with
more “savoir faire.”
It seems as though we’ve talked
only a minute, but here it is time
to go, for Mr. Belcher is heading
for a week end in Lynchburg. But
he admits he’s taking along with
him a bit of tar on his heels, which
makes his trip quite approved in our
eyes.
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