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Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XXXII
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FEBRUARY 14, 1958
No. 6
CONSTRUCTION OF SCIENCE BUILDING IS ANTICIPATED
^Ground Broken For
Pictured above is artist’s drawing of Hunter Hall.
Hunter Hall This Month
RELIGIOUS EMPHASIS WEEK BEGINS MONDAY
A full schedule of activities has
been planned for the week of Feb
ruary 17-21, Religious Emphasis
Week. On Monday through Friday
mornings the chapel time will be
extended. Chapel guest speakers are
Dr. McLeod Bryan and Dr. Rob
ert E. Seymour; President Camp
bell will conclude the week on Fri
day morning. Noonday meditation
services will be held Monday
through Thursday in the Rotunda.
The leader for this service is to be
Reverend Harold Cole, Baptist Stu
dent Director for the North Caro
lina State Convention.
Evening services will be held at
7:30 Monday through Thursday.
The guest speakers will alternate in
presenting the message at these serv
ices. Special emphasis is being made
to attend these services as they will
show the extent of interest on the
part of the students.
After the services informal dis
cussions will be held in the dormi
tories. Dr. Bryan will lead a group
in the topic of “Ethical Frontiers”
while “Finding and Following
God’s Will” will be the topic of Dr.
Seymour’s group. Each discussion
will be two nights on one side of
the court and two nights on the
other in order that everyone will
have an equal opportunity to attend
both.
Special music will be provided
for both the chapel and the eve
ning services. The chorus under the
direction of Mr. Edwin Blanchard
will sing for the morning service.
Assisting in the music for the eve
ning services will be Mr. Hal Shoe
maker, Minister of Music and
Education at Tabernacle Baptist
Church of this city. Mrs. Phyllis W.
Garriss will play the violin at the
Monday evening service.
Throughout the week students are
urged to schedule conferences with
the speakers. Also contacts may be
made with them through the party
planned for the student body, class
visitation and informal teas. Doors
will be opened to new insights and
growth.
OUTSTANDING LEADERS
TO MAKE ADDRESSES
SAI Will Present Fashion Show
By LELIA DAVENPORT
Anyone who likes to look at
pretty clothes — and who doesn’t?
— will not want to miss the S.A.I.
Fashion Show to be presented in
the Meredith auditorium Febru
ary 28, at 8:00. Mac Joseph’s is in
complete charge of the clothes,
which will range all the way from
swim-wear to beach togs to day-
dresses to evening apparel. Mr.
Joseph, who has just returned from
a buying trip to New York, will
narrate the show as well as direct
the models and the choice of
fashions.
The purpose of the fashion show
as defined by Peggy Bone, senior,
is “To raise money for a scholar
ship which will be awarded to a
deserving music student.” In order
to do this it will be necessary to
charge an admission of fifty cents.
The S.A.I. is to arrange scenery
in keeping with a spring theme. As
the fashions are shown, members of
the S.A.I., Pat Long and Peggy
Bone, will provide background
music, and during the intermission
the Meredith Triple Trio will ren
der several numbers to add to the
enjoyment of all attending. (The
public is invited — including mem
bers of the opposite sex!) Miss
Beatrice Donley of the Meredith
music department is in charge of
co-ordinating the music for the en
tire presentation.
“There will be approximately
forty pieces of clothing modeled —
the late spring fashions,” explains
Lynn Corbett, chairman of the plan
ning committee for the show. She
adds that models are chosen from
“every class and every hall” on the
Meredith campus.
ANN ALLRED RECEIVES
LISTEN APPOINTMENT
Ann Allred has been appointed
missionary to Hawaii for the sum
mer of 1958. She was chosen
from candidates suggested by local
B.S.U.’s from all over the state by
the North Carolina Baptist Student
Union. The LISTEN Fund spon
sors the summer missionaries. Ann
will be primarily employed in work
with the Vacation Bible Schools in
“In all thy ways acknowledge
Him” is the theme for this year’s
Religious Emphasis Week. Two
guest speakers have been asked to
carry out this theme. Dr. G. Mc
Leod Bryan comes from Wake For
est College where he is a member
of the Department of Religion. Dr.
Bryan studied at Mars Hill, Wake
Forest, and Yale University. He
combined a major in theology,
sociology, and philosophy in order
to concentrate on social ethics. He
is especially interested in human re
lations and has done much work
with international students and race
relations. Dr. Bryan taught at Mars
Hill, Mercer University, and Wash
ington University before he came to
Wake Forest.
Dr. Robert E. Seymour is a na
tive of Greenwood, S. C. He re
ceived his B.A. degree from Duke,
B.D. from Yale and his Ph.D. from
the University of Edinburgh. He has
traveled widely in Europe during
his years of Scotland residence. He
also made the journey overland to
Jerusalem tracing itineraries of
Paul. He is in great demand as a
speaker for student conferences. Dr.
Seymour is popular with the stu
dents at Mars Hill and may be re
membered for his previous visit to
Meredith.
Construction of the new science
building, which will replace the
white frame structure now in use,
will be under way about the middle
of February. It is expected to take
12 to 14 months for completion of
construction.
The new building will be located
on the north side of Joyner Hail in
the same relationship to Stringfield
Dorm as Joyner Hall is to Vann
Dorm. Although the architecture of
the science building will be similar
to Joyner Hall in design, having a
corresponding L-shape, the new
building will be somewhat larger.
This expansion in size will neces
sarily cause several changes in the
landscape; since the end wing of
the buildling is planned to cross the
area occupied by the railroad track,
the tracks and perhaps the riding
ring will have to be removed.
The interior design of the new
building is a great expansion over
the old temporary structure, as the
total cost which is just under
$445,000, excluding equipment,
would imply. It will of course be
furnished with new equipment
throughout, although the equipment
contract is to be let at a later date.
The biology and home economics
departments are on the first floor
with the chemistry and business de
partments occupying the 2nd floor.
Several unique features of the
building are a greenhouse for
botany experiments and observa
tions in the biology department; a
reception room connected to the
dining area for various exhibits and
social activities in the home eco
nomics department; an outdoor ter
race opening from the dining area
onto the lawn; and separate labs
connected to the professor’s offices
for private research and experi
ments.
Among the other interesting fea
tures is the foods lab in the home
economics department, designed
with individual kitchenette units,
and a clothing lab with a special
locker room.
The topics for the chapel talks
are as follows: Monday, “An Ade
quate Faith” by Dr. Seymour; Tues
day, “Religion as Ultiracy and In-
tiracy” by Dr. Bryan; Wednesday,
“What is God Like?” by Dr. Sey
mour; Thursday, “Religion as Sen
sitivity” by Dr. Bryan; and Friday,
“In All Thy Ways Acknowledge
Him” by President Campbell. In
this final chapel talk Dr. Campbell
will sum up the week.
The evening service topics will
be: Monday, “Let Man Free God”
by Dr. Bryan; Tuesday, “How to
Become a Christian” by Dr. Sey
mour; Wednesday, “Let God Free
Man” by Df. Bryan; and Thurs
day, “Hi-Fidelity Christians” by Dr.
Seymour.
On the second floor, the chemis
try department has a dark room to
be used in connection with various
experiments. The business depart
ment will be greatly expanded in
size and will possess modern
business equipment and machines.
The name of the new building
will be Hunter Hall in honor of Dr.
Rufus Hunter, a long-time member
of the board of trustees and a
prominent Baptist layman. Dr.
Hunter devoted much of his time to
the problems of Meredith and
through his will, Meredith is receiv
ing an estimated $140,000 now
being used for construction of the
building named in his memory.
Those persons having an active
part in planning for the new build
ing were the heads of the depart
ments occupying the building, who
worked closely with Mr. V. H. Bel
cher, business manager, and the ar
chitects, Harris & Pyne of Durham.
The architects are of the same firm
which drew the plans for the arts
building, H. Raymond Weeks, Inc.,
and were successors to that firm
upon the death of Mr. Weeks.
The opening of bids for contracts
began January 22, with the general
construction contract awarded to
R. K. Stewart & Son of High Point;
the electrical contract to the
Howard Greene Electrical Com
pany; the plumbing contract to the
Bullock Plumbing & Heating Com
pany, and the heating contract to
the Bolton Air Conditioning & Heat
ing Company.
Board of Trustees
To Meet February 25
The regular semi-annual meeting
of the Board of Trustees will be held
on February 25. New members are
Mr. D. J. Thurston of Wilson, Mrs.
W. R. Wagoner of North Wilkes-
boro, Mrs. Tom Towerence of Cliff-
side, Rev. C. E. Parker of New
Bern, Rev. Jack B. Wilder of Dur
ham, Dr. Robert H. Gilbert of Kin
ston, and Mr. John M. Simms of
Raleigh.
Dr. Robert E. Seymour
Dr. G. McLeod Bryan
Hawaii.
Ann is a sophomore from Mt.
Airy and a religion major. She is
LISTEN chairman of the executive
council of the B.S.U. and a coun
selor.
Mr. Harold Cole
Dr. Carlyle Campbell