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FOCUS WEEK
THEME:
THE TWIG
‘LORD,
TEACH US.”
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XXXI
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1957
No. 6
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RELIGIOUS FOCUS WEEK TO BEGIN MONDAY
DR. HUGH HARTSHORNE
Library Receives
$400 Sub-Grant
The Meredith College Library has
received a sub-grant of $400 from
the Remington Rand grant made to
the Association of College and Ref
erence Libraries, a division of the
American Library Association. The
purpose of the grant is the improve
ment of college library collections,
equipment, and programs of library
service.
Miss Baity, Meredith librarian
reports that the sub-grant will be
used for steel shelving in the re
cently added stack area on third
floor of Johnson Hall.
This is the second year of the
ACRE program, financed by three
grants totaling $40,000 from pri
vate industry. The Meredith Col
lege Library is one of 118 college
and university libraries throughout
the country which were awarded
sub - grants. The United States
Steel Foundation gave $30,000 “to
strengthen or modernize library,
teaching, or learning tools”; $5,000
was granted by the New York Times
for library purchase of microfilmed
back copies of the newspaper; and
$5,000 came from Remington
Rand Division of Sperry Rand Cor
poration for library equipment.
Physicist to Speak
At Science Program
On February 27, at 7:30 p.m..
Dr., Edward Carl Stevenson, of the
Department of Physics of the Uni
versity of Virginia, will speak, giving
an explanation of the purposes and
plans for the International Geo
physical Year. Dr. Stevenson, who
is being sponsored by the Barber
Science Club, is the first person to
speak in the Raleigh area about
IGY.
IGY, which will officially begin
on July 1, 1957, is to be a world
wide effort to gather information
about our world in the fields of
meteorology, astronomy, geology
and geography. The launching of
the man-made satellite and the
South Pole explorations are parts of
this movement.
Dr. Stevenson’s particular in
terest is radio-astronomy. At pres
ent he is on a post-doctoral fellow
ship from the National Science
Foundation.
The program is open to the
Meredith family, and the Barber
Science Club is extending a special
invitation to all college students in
the city.
DANCE GROUP
GIVES RECITAL
TOMORROW NIGHT
See picture on page three
The Meredith College Dance
Group will present its third annual
dance recital Saturday night, Feb
ruary 16, at 8:00 p.m. in the col
lege auditorium. A variety of ideas
will be presented in five groups, in
cluding comedy, pure dance and
dance drama. The recital will open
with an “Opening Dance,” followed
by five waltzes danced to Brahms’
LiebesUeder waltzes with accom
paniment by the Triple Trio.
The third number will be a satire
danced by Dr. Claire .Weigt, who
is director of the dance group. A
comedy dance will follow, “La
Comedie Franqaise,” and the pro
gram will end with a dance drama,
“The Unhappy House.” Three of
the numbers have previously been
performed on television programs.
Marilyn Williams is the student
director and those participating in
the program are: Tommie Bass,
Kay Currier, Emily Dean, Dottie
Dover, Rosemary Edwards, Ann
Finley, Joyce Hargrove, Carolyn
Howard, Suzanne Hunter, Shirley
Jones, Hazel Lesnick, Martha Mc-
Keel, Carol Macintosh, Janice
Morgan, Carolyn Pegg, Edith John
son and Zigrida Smith.
Backstage assistance is being
given by Miss Peg Corsage and
several Playhouse members, who
are working the lights; Pat Corbett
who is running the recording ma
chine; and the Triple Trio, singing
the Brahms waltzes under the di
rection of Miss Beatrice Donley,
with Mr. Charles Turn and Miss
Suzanne Axworthy at the piano.
Four Students Attend
New York Conference
Nancy Young, Gwen Maddrey,
Jo Ellen Williams and Margaret
Slate attended a conference on Re
ligious Vocations for Women, held
February 8-10 at Union Theologi
cal Seminary in New York City.
They heard Dr. Bill Weber speak
on “The World That Challenges the
Gospel,” and Dr. Robert McAfee
Brown answer him in “The Gospel
That Challenges the World.” Dr.
Rheinhold Niebuhr spoke to the
group on the nature of religious vo
cations and Dr. Henry Pitt Van
Deusen. presided at a banc^uet.
To further acquaint the students
with opportunities available, there
were talks by women in various
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DR. WILLIAM FALLIS
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DR. J. P. ALLEN
©MORNING PERSPECTIVE, TALKS,
DISCUSSIONS TO BE FEATURED
Religious Emphasis Week will
open with chapel exercises Mon
day morning, February 18, at which
Dr. Carlyle Campbell will preside.
Jane Maynard, general chairman
of the week, will present Dr. Wil
liam J. Fallis and Dr. J. P. Allen.
Dr. Allen will speak on “Teach Us
About God.” The Chorus, under the
direction of Miss Beatrice Donley,
will take part in this opening serv
ice and in all the other formal pro
grams of the week.
Chapel Services
At Tuesday chapel. Dr. Fallis will
speak on “Religion Must Make
Sense.” Dr. Allen’s Wednesday
chapel talk is entitled “Teach Us
About Life.” “Give Yourself Away”
is Dr. Fallis’ topic for Thursday
chapel. On Thursday evening at
eight o’clock in the college audi-
Religious EmDhasis Week Leaders
To Bring Variety of Experience
Four off-campus leaders of Re
ligious Emphasis Week bring an in
teresting variety of experience and
training to the college community
February 18-22. Many students will
have opportunity to hear some of
these guests in classes in addition
to the extra events of the week.
Dr. Hugh Hartshorne, nationally
known author and former profes
sor at the Yale Divinity School, will
speak to the faculty and staff in
the Rose Parlor Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday evenings at eight
o’clock. His subject will be “The
Christian Function of the Liberal
Arts College.” Dr. Hartshorne is
perhaps best known for the work
of which he is co-author. Studies
in Deceit, but he has written widely
in the fields of character education
and human relations. He has taught
and lectured at Union Theological
Seminary, the University of Chicago
and Teachers College of Columbia
University. He is a leader in the
community life of Chapel Hill,
where he now makes his home.
Dr. Ben Lynes, new pastor of the
Baptist church in Wake Forest,
came from a nine-year pastorate in
Lexington, Virginia, where he
worked with students at V.M.I. and
Washington and Lee University.
The latter institution conferred an
honorary degree on him in recog
nition of his gifts and ministry. A
native of Alabama, he is an alum
nus of Howard College and South
ern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Dr. Lynes held places of respon
sibility in the Baptist Convention
of Virginia. His wife is a native of
that state, and they have two
daughters.
Dr. William Fallis, native of Vir
ginia, graduate of the University
of Richmond and Southern Semi
nary, is editor of the Broadman
Press of the Baptist Sunday School
Board in Nashville, Teimessee. He
came to this position from the edi
torship of young people’s lesson
materials for the Sunday School
Board. Before going to these South
wide offices. Dr. Fallis was from
1940 to 1944 Baptist Student
secretary for the Virginia Baptist
State Convention. Mrs. Fallis, the
former Louise Carter, a graduate
of Converse College, was at one
time educational director at a
church in Greenville, North Caro
lina. Their twelve-year-old son is a
Scout and a stamp collector.
Dr. J. P. Allen is a native of
Louisiana and a graduate of
Howard College. His Ph.D degree
is from Southern Seminary, where
he was for two years a fellow in
the Greek department. He recently
spent a term as lecturer at the In
ternational Baptist Seminary in
Zurich, Switzerland. Since 1950 he
has been pastor of First Baptist
Church, Charlottesville, Virginia.
Dr. Allen is a trustee of Southern
Seminary in Louisville. He has
taken part in religious emphasis
weeks at twenty colleges and uni
versities, and at some of the twenty
he has returned for second and
third visits. He has also appeared
at frequent South-wide youth as
semblies and conferences of South
ern Baptists.
Election Plans
Are Announced
The nominating committee met
February 6 in preparation for the
coming campus elections. This com
mittee is composed of major officers
of campus organizations plus four
class representatives who discuss
candidates but do not vote. These
class representatives are Gail Ful-
bright, senior; Inez Kendrick, jun
ior; Betsy Bullock, sophomore; and
Carolyn Barrington, freshman. Dr.
Norma Rose, Dr. Mary Yarbrough
and Dr. Maxine Garner are faculty
advisers elected by the group. Miss
Fleming is permanent adviser.
The committee chose as election
chairman. Iris Faye Sullivan; regis
trar, Glenda Eddins; sophomore
judge, Donna Ellington; and fresh
man judge, Lois Haigh.
The main function of the nomi
nating committee is to select candi
dates for campus offices from sug
gestions made by the organizations
and from the student straw vote.
February 13 and 14 were the
dates for registration. The elections
will be held on March 7 and
March 14.
REGISTRAR RELEASES
ENROLLMENT FIGURES
Mrs. Vera Tart Marsh,
Meredith College registrar,
has released the following
figures on the enrollment for
the spring semester. The total
enrollment is 568. This figure
includes 455 resident students,
87 non-resident students and
26 special students.
torium, Dr. Ben Lynes will preach
on “Living on a Borrowed Faith.”
President Carlyle Campbell will
close the week of community-wide
emphasis at the chapel service on
Friday morning, February 22.
L-I-S-T-E-N Emphasis
Thursday will be Listen-With-
Your-Heart Day. Special L-I-S-
T-E-N offerings will be taken to
supper on that day.
Each day, Monday through
Thursday, will open with Morning
Perspective at eight o’clock in the
rotunda, at which Jane Maynard
will preside, and close with in
formal discussions scheduled for ten
o’clock each evening in each of the
four residence halls. Leaders for the
evening discussions will be Drs.
Allen and Fallis, Miss Dorothy
Hampton, and Rev. Roberts C.
Lasater of N. C. State College.
Vespers will be conducted at
6:45 o’clock each evening by Rev.
Douglas A. Aldrich, pastor of For
est Hills Baptist Church, and
pastor-adviser to the Baptist Stu
dent Union. Dr. Fallis will give a
brief review of an important book
each evening as a part of this meet
ing. At 7:10 each evening, each
student is invited to take part in a
seminar in the subject of her choice.
Seminar Leaders
Leading seminars will be Drs.
Allen, Fallis, and Lynes; Miss
Dorothy Hampton, Social Action
representative of the Congrega
tional and Evangelical and Re
formed churches; Mrs. Myra Mot
ley, Vacation Bible Schools leader;
Joseph Stroud, Baptist State Con
vention music secretary; and Mrs.
Ben Williams, for Friends Service
Committee summer projects. There
will be only four seminars each
night.
Speakers for noon meditation
services in the rotunda, scheduled
for 1:30 o’clock Monday through
Thursday, will be Raleigh pastors
Rev. W. W. Finlator, Dr. John Kin-
cheloe. Rev. James Potter; and
Miss Grace Yow of the Sunday
School Department of the Baptist
State Convention.
Students who will preside at the
various meetings and introduce
the Speakers include Betsy Bullock,
Penny Hutchinson, Kitzi Miller,
Inez Kendrick, Jackie Lewis, Lois
Haigh, Hazel Wiggins, Patricia
Maynard, Lelia Davenport, Joyce
Hargrove, Kay Johnson, Joy Gold
smith, Carole Whedbee and Betsy
Greene.
Religious Emphasis chairmen are
Martha Bone, Eliza Culberson, Faye
Chandler, Shirley Strother, Rebecca
Murray, Jane Stembridge, Marilyn
Williams, Nancy Wallace, Ruth
Putnam, Sara Fagan, Margaret
Morgan, Lois Pond, Peggy Flynn,
Bet Taylor and Hilda Myers Cook.