THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
l/o£. XLl/n
MEREVJTH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, hi. C
APRIL 19, 1973
MO. 25
“Duchess’ Gloria Smith and “Duke” Colin Harris reigned over Play Day festivities, after
being chosen as the most exemplary participants!
Pi Kappa Lambda
chapter established
On Monday, April 16, the Gam
ma Mu chapter of the Pi Kappa
Lambda, national music honor
ary society, was chartered at
Mereditti College. Pi Kappa
Lambda was organized in 1918
to stimulate the scholarly ap
proach to the study of music.
It is the only representative
of the field of music as a
member of the Association of
College Honorary Societies.
Chapters exist in colleges,uni
versities, and schools of music
throughout tlie United States.
The installation of the Gamma
Mu chapter took place at a din
ner Monday evening, April 16,
In Belk Dining Hall. Dr, William
Weichlein, National President
of Pi Kappa Lambda and chair
man of the division of music
literature and musicology. Uni
versity of Michigan School of
Music, came to present the
charter and to speak on the sub
ject of honorary societies. Dean
Allen Burris accepted the
charter on behalf of Meredith
p'aculty charter members are
W, David Lynch, Phyllis Gar-
riss, Alice Daughtry, Joyce
Whisnant, Barbara Schlageter,
and Rennie Beyer.
David Lynch
Parents^ Weekend planned
Meredith will hold its annual
Panmts’ Weekend on April
28-29. Students are being asked
to make reservations for their
parents and other guests by
filling out the registration cards
distributed in the dorms and re
turning it and the registration
fee of $6.00 per couple to the
Developnnuit Office, second
floor Johnson Hall by April 19.
The registration fee includes
the reception and banquet on
Saturday, April 28, and break
fast and lunch on Sunday, April
29.
The agenda for Parents’Week
end begins with registration in
Bryan Rotunda on April 28
from 11:00 a.m. to 2;00 p.m.
Beginning at 1:30 p.m., a rec
eption for parents, students,
and faculty wUl be held at the
President’s residence until 3:30
pm. (Buses will leave the front
of Johnston Hall and return at
The spectators watch avidly as two gann* students
dorms.
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trv to take one of th('
Poteat wins
Play Day crown
Poteat Dorm outchallenged e-
veryone by amassing 321 pomts
In the first Meredith Play Day
since 1966 last Thursday, April
12. The closest rival for the
winning team was Brewer Dorm
with 212 points. Winning the
Relay portion of the events was
Stringfield Dorm, edging Brew
er by two points. The faculty
and staff finished fourth by edg
ing Heilman by 3 points.
Mr. Colin Harris was crowned
as Dukeof Play Day and reigning
with him was junior Gloria
Smith as Duchess. Nancy Price
chairman of Play Day, explained
the process of selection: “The
MRS selected the faculty mem
ber they felt had supported Play
Day most enthusiastically as
Duke. For the title ofDuckess,
each dorm nominated a repre
sentative and the entire student
body voted for the girl they
thought to be best well -
rounded.”
“We’d definitely like to do
it again next year!”, commented
Nancy Price. Enthusiastic a-
bout the success of last Thurs
day, Miss Pirce noted, “This
year we weren’t sure just how
the activites would go over,
but after seeing the number of
girls who turned out, we’d like
to try it again. Next year we'd
aim for pnore organization and
greater participation.”
Miss Price estimated that 750
girls and 50 faculty members
attended Play Day“The girls
liked everything -- from jacks
to tennis to fishing,” she said.
“The games in the Student Union
were the favorites among the
faculty -- things like checkers,
chess, bridge, pool, scrabble,”
Participation, not the number of
wins, was the key to Poteat’s
placing first, according to Miss
Price, and “Poteat alone caught
18 fish!”
This year’s activities included
all kinds of relay races, paddle
ball, tennis, archery, croquet,
chess, jacks, hula hoop, ping
pong, jump rope, and badmin
ton. Nancy Price added, “We’d
like to keep these activities
next year as well as adding
some more. The MRS Board
welcomes all suggestions.”
At the time of the chapter in
stallation, the first group of
new members was inducted.
Members are nominated by the
faculty committee from the sen
ior and junior classes, alumnae,
and faculty. No more than one
fifth of any class may be in
ducted into the Society. New
members are seniors Lynn
Moore Arrington, Faye Jacobs,
and Dorothy Rawley; junior Su
Stenbuck; alumnae Ann Goodson
and Hulene McLean; and faculty
Harry E, Cooper, Stuart Pratt,
Beatrice Donley and Ellen Kort.
30 minute intervals.)
At 4:00 p.m., the presentation
of the Spring Court will be held
in Mclver Amphitheater. The
Parents’ Banquet will begin at
7:30 pm. in Belk Dining Hall,
followed by the synchronized
swimming show at 9:30 p.m.
in the Weatherspoon Pool.
Open House hours of 1:00 p.m.
to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday and
Sunday have been arranged ,
Wsvx:Sf
New members of the Silver Shield take time to pose for a
springtime picture. L. to R, seated are Genie Bailey, Ruth
Anne Stephenson, and Woody Dlcus. L. to R„ standing are Alice
Winecoff, Louise McCaskill, Elaine Williams, and Pam Fai
son. Not pictured are Meg Pruette and Lucy Marino.
Ambassador chosen
relay races for tlieii'
Ms. Shera Jackson of the Ad
missions Office has recently
been named Raleigh’s Comnnm-
ity Ambassador to West Ger
many. This program, part of
the Experiment in International
Living emanating from Putney,
Vermont, sponsors representa
tives from various communities
in the U. S. who live in a for
eign country and promote good
will and understanding between
the two nations. It has been
in existence for about twenty
years.
Ms. Jackson will leave Ral
eigh on June 22, go to Vermont
for a short orientation program,
and leave for Germany on June
25, where slie will remain until
August 10. Whip' there, she
will live with afainil’ inasmall
town, although her exact dest
ination is at present unknown.
After living in a fixed locale
for three to four weeks, she
will travel through Germany
to fill out her six weeks stay.
There exists the exciting pos
sibility of travel into East Ger
many. Conversational German
was not a requirement for the
ambassadorship, a condition for
which Ms. Jackson was grate
ful: although she worked in Eur
ope for a summer during her
college days at MeredUh and
spent some time in Germany,
she never studied the language.
Ambassadorship applicants
m\ist be between the ages of
twenty-one and thirty, have free
time during the sum ner
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