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THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
LET’S
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Volume XXXII
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C. APRIL 18, 1958
No. 8
Dr. Norma Rose Is Elected
1958 Oak Leaves Dedicatee
The Senior Class has dedicated
the 1958 Oak Leaves to Dr. Norma
Rose. Dr. Rose, associate professor
of English, is active in the life of
the school by serving as advisor to
the Twig, Kappa Nu Sigma, and
Silver Shield. This year she has
served on the nominating committee
and has recently completed a term
of office on the faculty committee
on student government. Also, she is
editor of the Alumnae Magazine.
The dedication was announced
by Betsy Lane, editor of the Oak
Leaves, this morning in a chapel
program. At that time an annual
was presented to Dr. Rose. After
the program a coffee was held for
the Senior Class and in honor of Dr.
Rose. Annuals will be distributed to
the students today.
The dedication reads:
“During our four years at Mere
dith, we have come to know and
love a professor whose understand
ing and wise guidance have been
extended bountifully to us in every
need, whether class work or stunt
productions or student government
functions. Diligently she has molded
our intellectual potential with the
challenge of her own immense
knowledge and has inspired us to
ever greater endeavors by her pro
fessional excellence. Because of
what this very fine person means
to us as a teacher, counselor, and
friend, we dedicate the 1958 issue
of the Oak Leaves to Dr. Norma
Rose.”
Play Day Set For Monday
School of Christian Studies
Is Planned for June 16-20
Three outstanding lecturers on©
the Christian faith will speak at
the sixth annual School of Chris
tian Studies to be held on the Mere
dith College campus June 16-20.
Dr. George A. Buttrick, profes
sor of Christian Morals at Harvard
University, Dr. Paul S. Minear, Pro
fessor of New Testament at Yale
University; and Dr. Bredahl Peter
sen, Baptist leader of Denmark
and Baltimore, Md., are the 1958
speakers.
Dr. Buttrick, author of Prayer
and The Parables of Jesus, was for
many years pastor of Madison Ave
nue Presbyterian Church in New
York City. He is general editor of
the widely acclaimed Interpreter’s
Bible series and has spoken for lec
ture foundations and in colleges and
universities throughout the country.
At Meredith, Dr. Buttrick wiU
speak on “The Biblical Man,” “The
Organization Man,” “The Suffering
Man,” and “The Sinning Man and
His Deliverance.”
Dr. Minear, a Methodist, has
written books about the life of Jesus
and the ministry of Paul. He wrote
Christian Hope and the Second
Coming in connection with the
Evanston Conference of the World
Council of Churches. He has been
active in the Faith and Order Com
mission of the World Council.
In the June meetings here. Dr.
Minear will lecture on “Dimensions
of the Church in the New Testa
ment” and “Local Congregation and
World Church.”
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Silver Shield Taps
Three New Members
Glenda Eddins, Virginia Jones,
and Juanita Swindler were tapped
into the Silver Shield in a chape’
program Tuesday, April 15. The
induction of these three seniors com
plete the quota of nine members of
the Silver Shield. The chapel pro
gram was conducted by members
of the organization with special
music by Mrs. Phyllis Garriss anc
Mr. Stuart Pratt.
Glenda Eddins, a business major,
is a native of Claxton, Georgia. She
holds the office of chief counselor
this year and had been a member
of student government for three
years. She is also a member of
Kappa Nu Sigma.
Virginia Jones is a Raleigh day
student and an English major. She
is a member of the B.S.U. executive
council and serves on the social
standards committee. She was chair
man of the recent Marriage Week.
Juanita Swindler, known to every
one as “Peanut,” hails from Char
lotte. She is a columnist for the
Twig and is vice-president of her
society. Peanut is a religion major.
Members of the Silver Shield are
chosen on the basis of construc
tive leadership, Christian character,
service to the school, and scholar
ship. They are elected by the mem
bers of the organization and the
faculty.
DR. HARLOW SHAPLEY IS
KAPPA NU SIGMA LECTURER
Dr. Harlow Shapley, one of the
foremost astronomers in America to
day, will deliver the annual Kappa
Nu Sigma lecture April 29 at 8 p.m.
in the, Meredith auditorium. Dr.
Shapley is professor of astronomy
(emeritus) at Harvard University.
The topic of Dr. Shapley’s ad
dress will be “Galaxies and What
They Do For Us.” He will discuss
man in relation to the entire uni
verse.
Dr. Shapley was Director of the
Harvard Observatory from 1921-
1952. He has also been president
of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science, the
American Academy of Science, and
the American Astronomical Society.
He has been the recipient of nu
merous honorary degrees. Among
his many medals and awards be
stowed both in the United States
and abroad are the Gold Medal of
the Royal Astromonical Society
(London), the Draper Medal of
the National Academy of Science,
and the Rumford Medal of the
American Association for the Ad
vancement of Science. He is the
author of numerous works in as-
tromony, particularly concerning
variable stars and galaxies.
Preceding the lecture, the Kappa
Nu Sigma members will give a ban
quet honoring Dr. Shapley and the
junior members, Elaine Burleson
Clarke and Donna Ellington, at the
Raleigh Woman’s Club. Honorary
members of the faculty will also be
invited.
A reception will follow the lecture
in the Blue Parlor. The senior class
will be inyited to meet Dr. Shapley.
9DVKE AND DUCHESS
TO BE CROWNED;
PICNIC IN COURT
Ann Fuller (extreme right) looks as though she is about to checkmate Dr. Canaday
in one of the typical play day activities as Phyllis Green and Ann Tayior Johnson
look on.
B.S.U. and A.A. Councils, Counselors
Chosen to Serve Next Year
B. s. u.
Officers for the Baptist Student
Uniom of 1958-59 include Jean
Strole, president; Jo Robinson,
Helen White and Ann Allred, first,
second and third vice-presidents;
Jan Powell, secretary; Ann Coving
ton, treasurer; and Barbara Sue
Johnson, Y.W.A. President. Other
members of the council for the
coming year are Methodist repre
sentative, Larnette White; Presby
terian representative, Pat Brice;
college representative and interna
tional relations chairman, Betty Lou
Hoyle; music chairman, Susie Bow
ers; extension chairman, Mary Jo
McDonald; Sunday school repre
sentative, Lelia Davenport; B.T.U.
representative, Ann Hutchins; pub
licity chairman, Joy Goldsmith; art
chairman, Ann Britt; program chair
man, Nancy Whedbee; Listen Fund
chairman, Anne Rowe; and ar
rangements chairman Dean Brig-
man.
Dr. Maxine Garner is faculty ad
visor for the Baptist Student Union.
A. A.
Officers of the Athletic Associa
tion for the coming year are Marilyn
Williams, president; Carolyn Bar
rington, vice-president; Anna Faye
Jackson, treasurer; and Kathleen
Simmons, secretary. Working with
these officers will be publicity chair
man, Mary Ann Brown; art chair
man, Marianna Proctor; social chair
man, Bobbie Conley; day student
representative, Becky Surles; and
Hoofprint Club president, Peninah
Powell; plus sports managers Mable
Basnight and Ann Britton, basket
ball; Carolyn Cooper, softball; Kay
Arnold, volleyball; Pat Hight, bad
minton; Barbara Sullivan, tennis;
Betty Ann Chandler, archery; Har
riet Hill, swimming; Kathrine Rice,
golf; and Rosey Edwards, in
dividual sports. Monogram Club
president and dance and business
managers will be elected in the fall.
The members of the staff of the
Department of Health and Physical
Education serve as advisors for the
Athletic Association Board. Every
student upon matriculation becomes
a member of the association.
Dr. Harlow Shapley
COUNSELORS
Joyce Hargrove, chief counselor
for next year’s freshmen and trans
fers, will have forty-one girls work
ing with her. These include fresh
man counselors — Gail Brinn, Ann
Covington, Donna Cowles, Celia
Daniels, Julia Forbes, Zelma Green,
Julie Howie,' Anna Faye Jackson,
Linda Johnson, Judy Jones, Shirley
Lee, Betty Liles, Betty Lowe,
Martha Ann McKeel, Sylvia McLin,
Betsy Moore, Nan Owen, Shirley
Parrish, Carolyn Pegg, Peninah
Powell, Marianna Proctor, Peggy
Ratley, Sue Rogers, Christine
Rowe, Kathleen Simmons, Jane
Wagoner, Betty Reid Walton, Mary
Carol Warwick, Bette Woodbury,
Linda* Whisnant, and Virginia Pad
gett and transfer counselors — Mary
Cole, Carolyn Cooper, Betty Anne
Galloway, Mary Hanna Lewis, Faye
Locke, and Annabel Ray. Fresh
man day student counselors are
Charlene Fox and Carolyn Knight,
and transfer day student counselors
are Mary Ammons Holloway, Jean
Humphreys, and Judy McCubbin.
Faculty-Student Play Day, spon
sored annually by the A.A. Board,
will be held Monday, April 21, be
ginning at 2:00 p.m.
The festivities will be launched by
Play Day chairman, Tommie Bass,
who will give a welcome and crown
the duke and duchess. These Play
Day regents will have been elected
in chapel, the duke from the faculty
and the duchess from the student
body. Their crownbearers will be
Kathleen Simmons and Mabel Bas
night, freshman representatives to
the A.A. Board. Following the
crowning ceremony. Dr. Campbell
will give a welcome in behalf of
the faculty. Next on the pro
gram will be the cheers and songs
from each dormitory, the day stu
dents, and the faculty. During the
afternoon will be races of the
“sack,” “over-and-under,” “suit
case,” and “three-legged” varieties;
faculty-student volleyball and soft-
ball games out on the playing fields;
and last, but far from least, the
challenge play-offs — contests of
any and every description. The
challenge board is to be found in
Johnson Hall, and it is not too late
to make your wishes known.
At 5:15 there will be a picnic
for everyone in the court. The an
nouncing of the winners will con
clude the 1958 Meredith Play Day.
Students to Attend
B.S.U. Conference
Class Officers
Are Elected
During the previous month the
classes elected their officers for the
following year.
The president of the senior class
is Mary Alice Cusack of Florence,
S. C.; the vice-president is Mary
Hannah Lewis of Fairmont, N. C.;
the secretary is Peninah Powell of
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Twenty - five delegates from
Meredith plan to attend the B.S.U.
Leadership Training Conference to
be held at the College Park Baptist
Church, Greensboro, North Caro
lina, on April 18-20. The theme for
the three-day meeting will be “He
Leadeth Me.”
Workshops will be offered the
delegates, first on the practical
aspects of their specific council po
sition, and second on inculcating
leadership theory. The second work
shop will be divided into two sec
tions: an address by an expert in
the field of personnel management,
labor relations, or social work, who
will speak meaningfully on the “Art
of Leadership” and small group dis
cussions on the implication and the
application of the address to the
B.S.U. councils.
Dr. J. H. Phillips from Duke Uni
versity will deliver the first address
on Friday evening entitled “The
Lordship of Christ.” The following
addresses are:
Saturday morning: “The Leader
ship of Christ,” Dr. Eric Rust.
Saturday afternoon: “The South
wide B.S.U. Program,” Dr. Howard
Bramlette, Department of Student
Work, Baptist Sunday School Board.
Saturday evening “The Response
of Faith,” Dr. Phillips.
Concluding the conference will
be Dr. Rust’s Sunday morning mes
sage, “Reconciliation — the Pur
pose of God’s Leading.”
A fifteen minute worship period
led by Dr. Robert Seymour will pre
cede each session. The program will
also feature the State B.S.U. Choir,
which will bring the special music!
In addition to the other business
of the conference will be the elec
tion of officers for next year.