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Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Vol. XLIII
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., DECEMBER 12, 1968
No. 6
M.I.T. Professor
Presents Lecture
On World Religion
Speaking on “East and West In
Religion; A Cross Cultural Dia
logue,” Dr. Houston Smith, distin
guished lecturer on philosophy,
spoke at Meredith Dec. 11.
Dr. Smith, professor of philoso
phy at Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, spoke first during the
chapel hour and later at 8:00 p.m.
in Joyner Lounge in connection with
the Concert and Lectures Series.
During his teaching career, Dr.
Smith has devoted much of his ef
forts toward bridging intellectural
gulfs: between East and West, be
tween science and the humanities,
and between formal education of
the classroom and informal educa
tion via television.
Born of missionary parents in
Soochow, Dr. Smith lived in China
until he was 17. These early years
provided an appropriate back
ground for research in the field of
comparative philosophies and re
ligion.
Since 1955 three of his series have
been filmed for nationwide distribu
tion of the National Education Tele
vision Center, “The Religions of
Man," “Science and Human Re
sponsibility,” and “The Search for
Andy Griffith Receives Certificate
Mayberry Sheriff Visits Meredith
Dr. Houston Smith
America," a series which focuses on
crucial issues facing the American
people in the 1960’s.
Professor Smith was appointed
Australia’s first Charles Strong Lec
turer on World Religions in 1961,
and annual lecturer to The John
Dewey Socicty in 1964.
A graduate from Central College
in Missouri, Dr. Smith received
the Ph.D. degree from the Univer
sity of Chicago in 1945. Since then
he has written several books, in
cluding The Religions of Man, Con
demned lo Meaning. The Purposes
of Higher Educations and The
Search for America.
By MARILYN CHILDRESS
“Mayberry,” said Andy Griffith,
“Oh, it’s just a place we made up
with the ideal qualities of a small
town.” Meredith, not the mythical
Mayberry, was the setting of an
impromptu press conference of Ra
leigh news media with the sheriff
himself Thursday afternoon, Dec. 4.
Andy, flashing a broad grin, was
greeted at Johnson Hall b^y Presi
dent Heilman who presented him
with an honorary membership on
the Meredith Board of Associates.
Amid snapping cameras, craining
necks, and" questions from all sides,
Andy made his way to the Blue
Parlor. He had just arrived that
morning at Raleigh-Durham airport
where he had been officially greeted
by former Gov. Sanford. And he
too had only a few hours earlier
planned to visit Meredith campus.
Andy Griffith was no stranger to
the Meredith campus, for in 1952, as
Choral Director for Goldsboro High
Service Organization Selects
Three Seniors, Two Juniors
“ to promote by example and
precept a well-rounded student life;
to develop a high type of Christian
activity; to promote an understand
ing between faculty and students;
to set a high standard of honor and
cooperation in the student body; to
perpetuate the ideals and traditions
of Meredith; and to rccognize girls
who have proved themselves out
standing in these respects.”
Other members of the Silver
Shield are Carrie Frampton, vice-
president; Carol Price, secretary-
treasurer; Alice Smith; Suzanne
Carpenter and Janice Joyner Sher
rill.
“Don’t try to hide behind the
shield once you are initiated; con
tinue being leaders,” guest speaker
Sandra Flynt Kanipe counseled the
members of the Silver Shield at the
December 6 induction. Tapped into
the honorary leadership organiza
tion were seniors Susan Hout, Shera
Jackson and Becky Kiser. Cindy
Griffith and Peggy Williams were
inducted as junior associate mem
bers.
Before the induction ceremony,
Donna Hanson, president of the Sil
ver Shield, described the purpose
of the organization as a six-fold one:
Libraries Revise
Loan Services
The lib.arians of the Raleigh col
leges have agreed to make their
library resources available to both
faculties and undergraduate stu
dents of cooperating schools under
the following guide lines;
1. Faculty members may be
issued a “faculty library card” from
their home institution, which will
entitle tliein to slack and loan privi
leges at the cooperation libraries.
2. Undergraduate students may
borrow books from other libraries
if they are not available in the home
library.
3. Students should obtain a “Di
rect Library Loan Request” from a
librarian on the home campus. As
many as three books in a subject
area may be borrowed at one time.
Call number, author and title may
be filled out at the lending library
when the student has located the
book which is needed.
4. Students are discouraged from
occupying seats in other libraries
for study purposes only.
'Female Fiasco' Takes 1968 Stunt Honors
By ABIGAIL WARREN
Excitement and drama were the
order of the Dec. 6 Stunt Night.
Freshmen began stunt with a
spoof of the popular cloak and dag
ger theme, “Mission Irresponsible,
or The Return of the Adobe.”
The winning Sophomore Stunt,
“Female Fiasco, or What’s a Nice
Girl Like You Doing in a Tomb like
This?”, was a situation comedy tak
ing place in an Egyptian tomb com
plete with hieroglyphics, artifacts,
mechanical people and a mummy
case. At Thelma’s (Barbara Curtis)
insistence, she and Minnie (Gwyn
Matthews) got away from their tour
group. Thelma, who hid in a
mummy case, found she could not
get out and had Minnie pull open
the door. A policeman (Patsy
Johnson), caught her in the act and
School, his group participated in a
statewide competition here.
Not only cultural, but blood ties
link Andy to Meredith, since both
his mother-in-law. a 1915 graduate
and a sister-in-law attended Mere
dith.
Wearing not a sheriff’s bad?e and
gun, but a double-breasted blue
cashmere jacket and matching con
tinental blue shirt, Andy of May
berry looked more like Andy of New
York. To a query about his tele
vision role, he remarked, “For the
first three years I did a pretty poor
acting job as a comic figure, but
now as a straight man I feel more
at home in the role.” The reason
for this he explained, “You lose the
effect when you have two comedians
competing, and Don Knotts is a
natural funny man.”
Yet. in whatever role, the slightly
grayer and more sophisticated Andy
Griffith concluded, “I’ll have to act
until 1 die.”
Andy Griililh is presented a certificate as an lionorary member of the Meredith
Board of Associates by President E. Bruce Heilman and Ketty Wood dtirins his
visit to the Meredith campus.
Mrs. Humphries, News Director
Prepares for New Position
was about to arrest them when Thel
ma brought from the case the ar
chaeological find of the century.
Thelma went back in the mummy
case to get her forgotten handbag
and was trapped again. Minnie slyly
left the stage promising Thelma all
the while that she was coming to
help. Costumes and scenery for
sophomore stunt were colorful.
Junior stunt, “Calamity at the
Calaboose,” brought back tales of
the Old West in a jailhouse setting.
Second place went to the Seniors
whose theme was perhaps the most
original. The action was aboard
the “Sweet Harmony,” a Missis
sippi riverboat. The title, “Honesty
Makes for Big Presents, or The
Americanization of Libby,” was a
different story of how America got
the Statute of Liberty. Frenchy (Bet
Garrett), a sculptor, was shown in
his search for the right face to in
spire his work.
After a poker game in which all
his money was taken but returned,
Frenchy is so grateful he insists on
giving the card sharks his recently
finished statue.
A four-year associadon with
Meredith College will end Dec.
31 for Mrs. Faye Humphries,
Director of Public Relations and In
formation. Mrs. Humphries, resign
ing for personal and professional
reasons, plans to become Publi
cations Editor for the promotional
division of Occidental Life Insur
ance Company.
Mrs. Humphries has been active
in journalism since attending col
lege at East Carolina University and
editing the collegiate newspaper.
While at ECU she received a B.S.
degree in political science and En
glish and did graduate work. She
is presently considering doing fur
ther work on her master's degree.
Before joining the Meredith staff
in 1964, Mrs. Humphries was an
assistant state editor on The News
and Observer, women's editor of
The Carolina Cooperator and The
FCX Patron and a reporter, copy
editor and general make-up editor
on The Raleigh Times.
Mrs. Humphries has been a mem
ber of the N. C. Press Women’s
Association, and is currently affili
ated with the College News Seminar
of the Carolinas, the Baptist Pub
lic Relations Association and the
American College Public Relations
Association.
She has written brochures for the
Baptist State Convention of N. C.,
edited books and other publications
for the N. C. State University Agri
cultural Extension Service and has
been a part-time publicist for nu
merous education-related agencies.
She is currently a free lance
writer for several newspapers and
has been a broadcasting correspon
dent for WPTF-Radio in Raleigh.
Since 1962. she has received three
civic service awards for her work
as Cary correspondent for Tite Ra
leigh Times.
Mrs, Faye Humphries
Janiiary 16 is the date for the next
Issue of llie TWIG. All contributions
should he turned In to the editor by
January 10.
The seventh edition of the news
paper will mean the halfway mark
for the 1968*69 staff.
MCA Announces Service Plan
Need extra money or a place to
go off campus on weekends? The
MCA is sponsoring a babysitting
agency for the faculty. Join the
ranks and see the teachers as they
really are through the eyes of their
children.
All students interested in partici
pating in this service and all faculty
members needing a sitter, call or
see Emily Barbour or Carolyn
Sparks in 320 Poteat (832-8884).