"ALICE IN
WONDERLAND'
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THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
SPRING
FASHIONS
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Volume XXVI
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1952
Number 7
Sixth Religious Focus Week Regius Monday
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SEMINARS WILL
LOLLOW EVENING
CHAPEL PROGRAM
“The Christian Faith and Our
World,” the theme of the Reli
gious Focus Week to be held at
Meredith February 18-22, will
be further carried out by the
evening seminars to be held at
8:00 p.m. Monday through Thurs
day in the music building.
“It is hoped that interested
students will question the Focus
Week speakers about problems
concerning worship, social rela
tions, missions and faith through
these seminars, which will fol
low the evening chapel pro
grams,” said Nancy Doherty,
chairman, “Students should at
tend the seminar they signed
for in Johnson Hall. Much work
has been put into these seminars,
and we hope they will be well-
attended.”
Speakers
Seminar speakers include Dr.
Wesley Shrader, pastor. First
Baptist church, Lynchburg, Va.,
Dr. Shrader, who will meet in
Room 204, music building, will
discuss “An Introduction to the
Christian Faith.”
The Rev. J. C. Herrin, Baptist
chaplain at the University of
North Carolina,will discuss “Per
sonal Religion and the Life of
Devotion” in Room 203, music
building.
Dr. Everett Gill, secretary of
Latin America, Foreign Mission
Board of the Southern Baptist
Convention, will discuss “The
Christian Faith in Latin Amer
ica” in Room 202, music build
ing. Subdivisions and dates for
Dr. Gill’s study include, Monday,
“Forces Uniting the Americas”;
Tuesday, “Religious in Latin
America”; Wednesday, “The
Evangelical Movement”; and
Thursday, “The Strategy of
Modern Missions.”
Dr. Hugh Brimm, executive
secretary-treasurer of the Social
Service Commission of the
Southern Baptist Convention,
Louisville, Ky., will speak on
“Our Pattern for Human Rela
tions” in Room 201, music
building.
Introducing the four seminar
speakers are Ellen Moore, San
dra Peterson, Mary Ruth God
frey and Dot Hunt, respectively.
Under the directionship of
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Hugh Brimm
Wesley Shrader
Everett Gill
J. C. Herrin
FINAL REPORT—Meredith’s
Fight Polio Campaign
STUDENT
CONTRIBUTIONS:
Faircloth Dormitory 31.55
Jones Dormitory 28.51
Stringfield Dormitory .. 24.41
Vann Dormitory 14.25
Non-Resident
Students 9.05
Total Student
Contributions $107.77
FACULTY
CONTRIBUTIONS .. 58.97
ADMINISTRATION.... 66.70
Total Contributions ..$233.44
Mrs. Marsh, director of the
campaign, and the student di
rector, Miss Patsy Spiers, wish
to thank everyone who worked
to make this drive a campus
wide success.
Churches Need Co-operation to Provide
Challenging Opportunities for Service
By BETH MORGAN
The Raleigh churches as well
as campus religious activities
offer many possibilities to the
girl interested in putting her va
rious talents to their maximum
use. Spirit and vitality can be
added to all the various organi
zations in which college students
can participate by the whole
hearted and full co-operation of
each one.
There are many students who
want nothing more than what
someone else hands to them.
They offer nothing in service—
just their attendence. Then there
are others who have found that
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Roxie Valias Plans
March Art Exhibit
Roxie Valias, a day student at
Meredith, will present an art ex
hibit on March 1. This senior
exhibit will complete her re
quirements for a degree in art.
The paintings will consist
mostly of oils done in the modern
vein with a few in tempera and
water colors done in earlier
work.
At the present, Roxie is work
ing in the National Art Shop in
Raleigh placing most emphasis
on the decorating field.
Study of Ethics Delves Into
Complexities of Modem Life
THEME IS “THE
CHRISTIAN FAITH
IN OUR WORLD”
The theme for Meredith’s
thirteenth annual Religious Fo
cus Week which will be observed
February 18-22, “The Christian
Faith and Our World,” will be
carried out by leading thinkers
in North Carolina and neighbor
ing states, anounced Janet Stall-
ings, general chairman.
From Monday through Fri
day, morning and evening chapel
programs, seminars, personal
conferences and devotional peri
ods, informal discussions in the
dorms, pause for power midday
services and class visitation will
be directed by Drs. Hugh Brimm,
Everett Gill, Wesley Shrader,
Arnold Nash and the Rev. J. C.
Herrin and James Ray.
Dr. Wesley Shrader, pastor of
the First Baptist Church, Lynch
burg, Va., will open Focus Week
Monday with his chapel talk,
“The Importance of Having a
Little Reserve.” A graduate of
the Western Kentucky State
Teacher’s college and of the
Southern Baptist Theological
seminary, he received the hon
orary degree of Doctor of Divin
ity from Georgetown College,
Ky. He has since served as pastor
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Limer Announces
Social Program
By BOBBIE ADDY
What do you think a course
in ethics would be? A dull, dry,
slow dissertation on right and
wrong, or a fast-moving, inter
esting subject with a special
bounce that only a good teacher
can give to a class.
If you’ve ever taken the
course in Christian Ethics here,
you will have found that the
latter definition is correct, for
as well as having about the most
appeal of any other course (Dr.
Mac’s course in World-Wide
Christianity rivals Ethics for
this honor) in the Religion De
partment, Ethics draws a great
many students from every other
department in the school. Ethics
is not just a branch of philosophy;
it gathers material from sociol
ogy, history, and philosophy.
At this point many of you may
be asking yourselves, “Well, just
what would we do in the Ethics
course?” Here is a brief answer.
First of all you would make a
historical survey of many of the
great philosophers such as Aris
totle, Plato, Thomas Aquinas,
John Locke, Kant, and others.
You would look at their theories
of what is good—for the “good”
is the primary concern of Chris
tian Ethics. Attention would
also be given to such current
systems as Humanism, Marxist
Communism, and Fascism, that,
although they are not usually
identified as philosophies, have
ethical theories.
Next you would look at the
ethical theories of the Old Testa
ment, the ethical teachings of
Jesus, and Paul’s interpretations
of these teachings.
Finally, you would arrive at
the unit of study which contains
the bulk of the course—the area
of Christian responsibility in
modern life. This section is one
that really arouses interest (if
there could be any who were
disinterested at this point), for
it deals with the family, its prob
lems, an analysis of the present
picture of family life, the atti
tudes of sociologists and ethisists
toward it, and the Christian
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Plans for the social program
for Religious Focus Week to be
held February 18-22 have been
announced by Bernice Limer,
chairman, and Miss Doris Peter
son, adviser.
Informal teas, directed by
Betty Jo Shaw and Ann Par-
tin, will be given from 4:30-5:30
p.m. in the Blue Parlor to en
able the student body to become
better acquainted with the Focus
Week leaders.
Wednesday from 4:30-5:30 p.m.
the faculty will honor the Focus
Week leaders at a tea in the Blue
Parlor. Among those assisting
Miss Norma Rose, hostess, are-
Miss Jennie Hanyen, Miss Leslie
Syron, Mrs. Mary Egerton,
Mrs. Carlyle Campbell and Mrs.
L. A. Peacock.
College Alumnae Partieipate in
Various Types of Religious Work
By NANCY BROWN
When one thinks of Religious
Focus Week, one immediately
thinks of the different types of
work in the field of religion.
These different types are well
illustrated by Meredith alumnae.
Graduates of Meredith may be
found in many different facets of
religious work, from that of
minister to that of president of
the North Carolina Woman’s
Missionary Union.
Betty Miller of the class of ’44
is an ordained minister with a
full time pastorate at Readsboro,
Vermont. Mrs. Gordon Maddrey
of the class of ’28 is president
of the state W. M. U.
There are a number of girls
studying at various seminaries
throughout the country. Three
of these, Carolyn Massey of the
class of ’51, Judy Powers Sander-
cock, ’49, and Marjorie Wilson,
’49, are at Union Theological
seminary in New York City.
Meredith girls are also studying
at the Southern Baptist Semi
nary and the W. M. U. Training
School in Lousiville, Ky., at
Southwestern Seminary in Waco,
Texas, and at Crozer Theological
Seminary at Chester, Pa.
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