THE TWIG
Vol. XLUU
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
MEREVITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, W. C.
MA^ 4, 1973
Graduation set for May
NUMBER lb
It’s time for graduation once
again at Meredith and the cere
monies have this year been set
for May 12-13, Centering around
the class of 1973, graduation
activities include Class Day,
the Baccalaureate service, and
commencement.
On Saturday, May 12, the class
of 1975 salutes its Big Sisters,
as Class Day begins in Mclver
Amphitheater at 4;00 p.m. with
the traditional daisy chain pro
cessional of seniors and sopho
mores. A class history is read
and the wishbone ceremony,
another Meredith tradition, is
performed by the graduating
seniors. Then the Big Sister-
Little Sister songs are exchang
ed between the classes. Next,
ttie future of the senior class
members is foretold in their
prophecy, followed by reunion
songs between this class and
their Big Sisters of the class
of 1971. The senior class pres
ident then presents a cap and
gown and the class gifts to the
college. After singing the Alma
Mater, the sophomores form
the graduating class numerals
on the island, and the seniors
elect their permanent class of
ficers. The Baccalaureate ser
mon in Jones Auditorium begins
the activities on Sunday, May 13,
at 10;00 a.m. This year’s
speaker is Dr. JackNoffsinger,
pastor of Knollwood Baptist
Church in Winston - Salem,
Following the service at 12:30
p.m. is a luncheon in Belk
Dining Hall honoring the seniors
and their parents. Finally, at
3:00 p.m., comes the culmin
ation of four years of college
for the seniors, as commence
ment begins with a procession
of the faculty and seniors into
the amphitheater. Dr. Lois
Edinger, professor in the School
Education at UNC-G, will de
liver the main address. The
receiving of degrees by the
class of 1973 concludes the
program.
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Outgoing SGA president Carolyn Carter joins the 1973-74 president Elaine Williams and Dr.
Weems in a liymn during the convocation in which the new SGA officers were installed.
TWIG newsbriefs
AW AR D
Cathy Murff, an English and
American Civilization major,
was on April 2C the recipient
of tlie Phi Beta Kappa award
for the b(’st historical research
done in Wake County in tliepast
year. Cathy, a junior, s\irpas-
•sed seven otlier entries from
Nortli Carolina State University
and Soutlieast('rn Seminary with
her pal>er entitled NORTH
BLOODWORTH ST.: THE EF
FECTS OF ECONOMIC PRO
GRESS, to win the honor and
a $50 cash award. She was
presented witli lier award at
a baiiciuet in the Belk Dining
Hall, at which Mr. Dudley F'lood
spoke. The entry was her
researcli paper for History 300
at Mereditli and ex!)lained the
socio-'conomic effects ofRal-
eigli's I'xpansion on a 3-block
area in tlu' Oakwood neighbor-
hooi. It was submitted to the
judging panel in Feliruary and
Ms. Murff b'ariK’d of lier sel
ection on Aiu'il 24,
SYRON
Dr. Lesli(‘ W. Syron, profes
sor of sociology and anthro
pology at Meredith lias been
selected to participate in a
four-week suinimm institut*' de
signed to provide college and
university teachers opportuni
ties to exiilore ways of teaching
si'coudary school teachers how
to teacli their students the new
African and Asian cultures cur
riculum in Worth Carolina. An
additional objective of the in
stitute to be lield at Davidson
College, June 18 - July 13, is
to acquaint the jiarticifiants with
new materials f(U' teaching
courses about Africa and .A,sia
for students in their own col
leges.
In announcing theparticipants,
Dr. Fred Gaige of Davidson
Collegi* commented on the high
quality of their academic pre
paration in African and Asian
cultures.
Participants in the institute
will conduct in-service train
ing lU'ograms in school systems
near tlieir colleges and uni
versities during the 1973-74. in
cooperation with theNorthCar
olina Department of Public
Instruction.
SLANT ON
Speaker at the May 28 installa
tion banquet for the High Point
Branch of tlie American Assoc
iation of University Women wall
be Dr. Gloria H. Blanton, As
sociate Professor of Psy-
cliology. Dr, Blanton has been
asked to speak on the AAUWs
Fellowships Program which
makes annual American and
International awards to women
compb'ting tlieir doctorates or
doing post-doctoral study or
research. In 1966-67 Dr. Blan
ton leceived the Elizabeth
Avery Colton Fellowship award.
Miss Colton, for whom tlie en
dowed R'llowship was named,
taught at Meredith from 1908-
1923 and was head of tlie De
partment of Flnglish. She was
recognized nationally as an
authority on standards of wo
men’s colleges in the South.
PRATT
Mr. Stuart Pratt, Professoh
of Music, has been elected pres
ident of the Meredith Chapter of
AAUP, which has become re
activated after about four years,
Mr. Pratt was one of the foun-
dc'rs ami tlie first prt'sident
CCA lists plans
for next year
The College Center Assoc
iation has already outlined its
plans for next year’s activities.
C. C. A. members are nowi in
the process of setting up dates
for these plans.
The Concert and Lectures
Committee has planned for the
return of Jack Ross and Woody
Bowles and the Alfa Omega
players. Both groups received
favorable reactions from the
student body, so the committee
feels that the return engage
ments will enjoy the same suc
cess.
Movies 'vill again be sponsored
by the C.C.A. and tickets will
be sold for the nine movies
at the beginning of next semes
ter. Ticket price will be $3.00
for two semesters of movies.
Several of the shows planned in
clude “Play Misty for Me,’’
“My Fair Lady,’’and “BuHit.’’
Another Country Carnival,
proposed as “bigger and
better,’’ is also on the boards
for next year, and the C.C.A,
will continue to sponsor the
Christmas Dance, as well as
publish student directories.
New proposals include a plan
for more games to be made a-
vailable, while a new system of
checking out the games from the
gameroom is alsobeingconsid
ered. The C.C.A. hopes to spon
sor art shows in the Center and
the Arts Committee has pro-,
posed having a Christmas Tree
for the Center which would be
decorated by the students.
of the Meredith chapter. The
American Association of Uni
versity Professors held an
April 25 meeting with the mem
bers present voting unanimously
to request President Weems to
include in the program of the
F'all, 1973, F’arulty Workshop
the section on “The Faculty’’
in the statement on Govern
ment of Colleges and Univer
sities, for the purpose of
working toward imidementing
increased faculty participation
in academic affairs.
The members also voted to
report to the President that in
the near future the chapter
expects to formulate and re
commend to him a faculty
grievance procedure through
which any faculty member may .
seek to resolve issues related
to academic affairs at Meredith
College.
INTERNSHI P
Frankie Houser, a junior bus
iness education major from
Pittsboro, N. C., has been nom
inated and selected tor a federal
internship program with the
National Institute of Health in
Bethesda, Maryland, this sum
mer, Only 25 of 200 applicants
from all over the United States
were selected for this program.
BUNN CHOSEN
In the April 28 faculty meeting
Dr. Clara Bunn, head of the
Biology Department, was elect
ed by acclamation to the Student
Life Committei- as the third
faculty member. She filled
tlu' vacancy left by Mr. Little
ton, The new structure of the
Student Life Committee calls
for three faculty members rath-
(Contimu'd on page 4)
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Students enjoyed the last President’s Dinner of the year
just prior to Easter vacation. Ice sculptures apparently
gave way to whimsical plastic as this large bunny indicates.
The decorations, as usual, added to the meal’s appeal.