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r 1 r WEATHER . HOTTER! THE TWIG Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College Volume XXXI MREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1957 No. 9 Vocational Interest Week Comes To An End Dr. Robert Dyer was the opening speaker for Vocational Interest Week, conducted April 15-19. Dr. Dyer is from Wake Forest College, where he is a member of the de partment of religion and an active student counselor. Before going to Wake Forest, he taught at Gardner- Webb Junior College; he has also served as a missionary to the Orient. Dr. Dyer spoke on “Vocation” Mon day morning in Jones Auditorium. On Tuesday the regular chapel program was directed by the math, chemistry, biology, and home eco nomics departments. On Wednesday ■ Dr. Norval Luxon, dean of the School of Journalism at the Uni versity of North Carolina spoke to the whole student body, directing his remarks particularly to those in terested in language, English, jour nalism, radio, and television. Thursday’s and Friday’s programs were divided into areas of interest: history, religion, art, and physical education on Thursday; and educa tion, sociology, business, and music on Friday. During the week faculty mem bers were available for group and individual conferences. On Friday of next week. Miss Grimmer will climax the interest in vocations with a report on “What Meredith Graduates Are Doing.” Baptist Leaders To Meet On Campus Pastors, Sunday school superin tendents, and Brotherhood presidents in the associations in and around Wake County will meet with the presidents of the North Carolina Baptist colleges at Meredith College on Monday, April 22. One of a series of regional meet ings to be held at the seven Baptist colleges and attended by the seven college presidents, this meeting is planned to acquaint the church leaders of the State with the pro gram and needs of the colleges and to get from these leaders suggestions as to how the colleges can improve service to the denomination. Held for the first time this year, these meetings are the responsibility of Mr. Claude Gaddy, executive sec retary of North Carolina Baptist Council on Christian Education. The visitors will begin their meet ing on the Meredith eampus with a 10:00 a.m. session at which the college Chorus will sing. They will remain for lunch irf the college cafeteria. SOCIAL EVENTS PLANNED TO INCLUDE FACULTY, STUDENTS To afford more opportunities for social contacts between students and faculty a number of events are being planned at Meredith. On April 16, a -faculty-student supper, sponsored by The Silver Shield, was held in the dining hall. The students at each table had the opportunity to ask one member of the faculty to eat with them. Following the meal a coffee hour was given in the faculty parlor for the faculty guests and the hos tesses of each taWe. Another faculty- student supper will be held on May 2. Informal faculty-student teas are being held in the Blue Parlor from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on April 11, April 24, and May 8. Those social hours will be sponsored by different clubs, or groups of clubs, on cam-, pus. The first of these was sponsored by the Athletic Association on April 11. PUYDAY PLANS ARE UNDERWAY CHALLENGE: Dr. Wallace discusses a proposed game of tennis with Ann Page and Betty Ann Hudgins. All challenges will he played off at Play Day, Wednesday. PUBLICATION OF HISTORY CREATES INTEREST Tonight at 6:45 the B.S.U. will sponsor a Good Friday Sunset Service at the chimney. Lela Cagle is in charge of the program, which is entitled “The Way of the Cross.” The recent publication of Dr. Mary Lynch Johnson’s History of Meredith College has created much interest among students, alumnae, and other friends of the college. The March 24 issue of the News and Observer contained a review of Dr. Johnson’s book, written by Ber nice Kelly Harris. It was especially appropriate for her to write the review since she, too, is a Meredith alumna and distinguished author. Mrs. Harris was enthusiastic about the book, saying, “So surely does the author infuse life into her work that the reader feels identified with the people and the circumstances.” The Rockingham Post-Dispatch on March 21 gave some interesting side lights on the C.N.C. televison program on March 20, featuring Dr. Johnson and the history of Meredith. A Rockingham resident, Mrs. Julia Brewer Thomasson, who was watching the program, was a member fo the first faculty of Mere dith when it opened September 27, 1899; Dr. Charles E. Brewer, who was president of Meredith from 1915 to 1939, was the uncle of Mrs. Thomasson. The Meredith Bee Hive has re ported that sales of Dr. Johnson’s book have been excellent, running into the hundreds. Most of these copies have been sold to alumnae, students, and faculty. A Literary Look at Our Times B.S.U. Conference To Be Held Eighteen Meredith students, old and new members of the Baptist Student Union Council, will attend the annual Leadership Training Con ference of the North Carolina B.S.U. at the First Baptist Church of San ford on April 26-28. “Our Witness to the Campus,” the theme for the conference, will be presented in addresses by Reverend Warren T. Carr, pastor of Watts Street Baptist Church of Durham; Dr. Jack NofIsinger, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Gainesville, Florida; and Reverend Sam Hill, Jr., graduate student at Duke Divinity School. These major addresses will SAM HILL, JR. deal with the content of our witness, the context of our witness, and the imperative for our witness. Three hours will be given to work shops concerning the responsibilities of the various officers, conducted by members of the staff of the N. C. Baptist Student Department and other qualified leaders. One of the most interesting items of business during the conference will be the election of the new state B.S.U. officers on Saturday after noon. Other program features in clude four worship periods led by Dr. J. Allen Easley of Wake Forest College; special music by the 65- voice State B.S.U. Choir; a presenta tion of Southwide B.S.U. Emphases by Dr. William Hall Preston, associ ate in the Student Department of the Southern Baptist Convention; a dis cussion of “Protestants and Other Americans United for the Separation of Church and State;” and a presen tation of the two student mission aries who will represent North Caro lina Baptist students in Nigeria anc Oregon during the summer of 1957. Approximately 400 students from North Carolina colleges, universities, and professional schools are ex pected to attend the meeting. Ron nie Crow, senior at North Carolina State College from Lexington and president of the student group, will preside at the sessions. Dr. Bruce E. Whitaker is the state B.S.U. secre- I tary. DAVIES TO SPEAK THIS SUMMER Dr. W. D. Davies will replace Dr. Elmer Homrighausen as one of the speakers for the fifth annual School of Christian Studies to be held at Meredith June 17-21; he will speak on the Gospel of Mark. Dr. Homrig hausen will be unafile to attend be cause at this time he will be on a month’s study tour in South Africa. Dr. Davies, professor of Biblical theology in Princeton University Graduate School, is a native of Wales. He came to the United States to teach Biblical theology at Duke, and from Duke he went to Princeton. The annual Facutly-Student Play Day, sponsored by the A.A. Board will be held April 24. This year’s festivities will be different from pre vious occasions in that several proj ects besides the traditional games, are planned for the afternoon. Mem bers of the A.A. Board decided that Play Day would provide a wonderful opportunity for constructive effort in making Meredith more attractive. Plans are not yet complete, but among the tentative projects being discussed are cleaning the Hut thoroughly and improving its grounds, and working in the day students’ room. This will be an op portunity for students and faculty to work and have fun together while making needed and worth-while im provements. Play Day will begin at 2:00 with the crowing of the Duke and Duch ess. Then there will be the competi tion between the dormitory students, day students, and faculty, for the best song and cheer, followed by work on the projects. At 4:00 the annual softball and volleyball games between the students and faculty will take place. Individual challenges may be played off at any time dur ing the afternoon. Supper will be served outside in the court, after which there will be relays and the announcement of the winners. Outstanding Writers Come to Campus “A Literary Look at Our Times was the subject for the Second An nual North Carolina Literary Forum held here in Jones Auditorium on Thursday, April 5. The event brought together two novelists — Mrs. Elizabeth Boat wright Coker of Hartsville, S. C., and Ovid Pierce of the English facul ty of East Carolina College in Green ville—and a poet, Thad Stem, Jr., of Oxford. Jonathan Daniels, editor of the News and Observer, served as moderator. Mrs. Coker compared the recent trends in fiction writing with those in fiction reading; her talk was fol lowed by Mr. Stem’s discussion of “The Poet’s Concern.” Ovid Pierce discussed for the audience the wealth of eastern North Carolina for the writer. Following their talks, the three speakers answered questions addressed to them by members of the audience. The forum was co-sponsored by the literature departments of the Raleigh Woman’s Club and the Junior Woman’s Club. CLASS OFFICERS ARE CHOSEN GIFT IS PRESENTED TO DR, CAIfIPRELL On March 27 in chapel Bet Tay lor, president of the sophomore class, presented to Dr. Campbell an academic regalia. The gift was a special project of the sophomore class. and students. They express some thing that the public can easily feel and sympathize with. Her work is definitely modern in style and use of medium, giving an insight to the many forms of art being done in our present century. Miss Pollard’s paintings have several distinctive features. One is her use of textures. Her paintings range from the very smooth to a variety of dimensions. She has de veloped a very effective technique of combining oil and pencil outline. Another outstanding element of her work is the use of color. She handles her colors to the best advantage, using tones against raw colors to achieve one effect, then switching to soft blending for a softer mood. Her simple lines and elimination of the unimportant make her pictures ap peal to all classes. Many feelings are aroused by the different paintings, although the dominating mood is depression. Her people all seem to represent the same person, usually in the same position. This man always has a set expression and appears deep in thought. His eyes are brooding, his mouth sad and drawn, his shoulders stooped, his hands always big and awkward, as if they are groping for life itself. The angular slouched figure conveys the idea that man is searching for the real meaning of life and is in despair at the vastness of his ignorance. The class officers and their spon sors for the 1957-58 school year have been elected and are as fol lows: SENIORS—president, Peggy Bone; vice-president, Lu Jones; sec retary, Betty Lane; treasurer, Emily Gilbert; and sponsor. Miss Williams. JUNIORS — president, Betty Ann Hudgins; vice-president, Jane Reid; secretary, Sylvia Beaver; treasurer, Miriam Holier; and sponsor, Mrs. Huckabee. SOPHOMORES—presi dent, Suzanne Hunter; vice-presi dent, Carolyn Pegg; secretary, Connie Spivey; treasurer, Mary Jo McDonnel; and sponsor. Dr. Lemon. Three Faculty Members Honored in Chapel In a chapel program on Thursday, April 11, three faculty members who have “gone beyond tire call of duty” in their efforts to better faculty- tudent relationships were recognized •—Dr. Mary Yarbrough, Mrs. Eliza beth Huckabee, and Dr. Ralph Mc- ..ain. This recognition was the climax of a program presenting the report from the meetings of the Leadership Training Group. This group, com posed of the leaders of the main 5 college organizations and the editors of the publications, has met with the faculty sponsors of the major or ganizations three times during the year, having as their purpose to pin point problems on our campus. Nancy Young, B.S.U. president, explained the objectives of the group and the problems which they have found. These included the problem pressented by too many small clubs which take an excessive amount of the students’ time and that of chapel etiquette and of social conduct, espe cially in the dining hall. Other topics which they had discussed included further efforts to convert the Hut into a Student Union, satisfactory n regulations concerning visits to fra- ; temities, dancing on campus, and (Continued on page three)
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