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Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XXXIII
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., DECEMBER f9, 1958
No. 4
Christmas Holidays Will Begin Tomorrow
Meredith Receives Esso Foundation Grant
Dr. Campbell announces that
Meredith has been granted $2,000
by the Esso Foundation. The
money, which can be used for any
purpose, will be used for current
operating expenses of the college.
A large part of the 350 grants
to be- made to educational insti
tutions by the Esso Education Foun
dation for the academic year. 1958-
59 will go to liberal arts colleges,
with continued support for technical
institutions as in the past.
A total of $1,423,000 has been
granted to colleges and institutions
under t^is year’s program, bringing
to about $5,5O0,OQO the grants
ma^ by the ^so Education Foun
dation m its four-year existence to
privately - supported colleges and
universities in the United States.
The Foundation was established
by Standard Oil Company (New
Jersey) in 1955, and contributors,
in addition to the parent company,
include these Jersey Standard affili
ates; Esso Standard Oil Company,
Esso Research and Engineering
Company, Esso Export Corpora
tion, Interstate Oil Pipe Line Com
pany, and the Carter Oil Company.
As in years past, a feature of the
Foundation program is the number
of unrestricted grants — 279 total
ing $721,500 — made this year
to colleges and universities for
undergraduate education. This ac
tion follows the recommendation of
educators surveyed by the Founda
tion who pointed out that un
restricted grants which can be used
for faculty salaries or other operat
ing expenses are the most helpful
and flexible type of educational aid.
■ Accredited educational institu
tions receiving unrestricted grants
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Top row, left to right: Kelly, Taylor, Godwin. Second row: Beal, Hargrove, Elmore.
Third row: Briley, Wiggins, Paris. Dotfom row: WiUlams, Strole, Ellington.
SUPERLATIVES CHOSEN BY SENIORS
The senior class has elected its from Raleigh, is most versatile, and
Martha Elmore from Suffolk, Vir
ginia, also an education major, was
elected wittiest. Bet Taylor, an edu
cation major from Garner, is most
popular; Jean Strole, an education
major from Chadbourn, is friend
liest. Marilyn Williams and Hazel
Wiggins, sociology majors from
Monroe and Raleigh, are most ath
letic and best-all-around town stu
dent respectively. Most original is
Margaret Paris, an art major from
Raleigh.
superlatives for the 1959 Oak
Leaves. College Marshal is Kathryn
Godwin, an elementary education
major from Ahoskie. Most intellec
tual is Donna EUington, a Spanish
major from Raleigh. Miss Mereditli
is Joyce Hargrove, a sociology ma
jor from vEnfield. Eunice Bern and
Marcie Briley, education majors
from Nashville and Asheville, were
chosen cutest and most attractive.
Alice Kelley, an education major
this year are located in 43 states
and the District of Columbia, and
of the 279 schools selected, 132
have enrollments of under 1,000
students. A total of 196 are co
educational, 38 arc men’s colleges,
and 45 are women’s coUegcs — an
increase over last year when 34
women’s colleges received unre
stricted grants.
This year’s Foundation program
also includes grants of $85,000 to
the National Fund for Medical
Education and $50,000 to the
United Negro College Fund.
The Foundation has again given
its support to the Council for the
Advancement of Small Colleges,
with a grant of $15,000. The Coun
cil is an association of colleges com
mitted to improving their programs
in order to meet more effectively
the demands of modern education,
In addition to the unrestricted
grants, 27 colleges and universities
received capit^ grants totaling
$250,000, most of which was for
the purchases of modem scientific
equipment; 26 institutions received
grants totaling $210,920 for basic
scientific research; and eight insti
tutions were recipients of $81,000
in grants for a variety of projects
and studies.
A new series of grants under the
special program to advance the
teaching of science and engineering,
announced by the Foundation in
1957, will be made in January,
1959.
Foundation officials pointed out
that they were continuing to study
methods of assisting education
through financial support and that
the Foundation’s Administrative
Committea is counseled toward this
end by a board of experienced edu
cators who also help in selecting
the institutions to receive grants.
Additions and deletions were
made this year in the list of re
cipient colleges and universities in
pursuance of the Foundation’s
policy of broadening the base of its
program to directly assist a rep
resentative group of privately-
supported schools, and yet to en
courage all such schools to seek sup
port from other sources.
Meredidi goes caroliog tonight.
FESTIVITIES PROVIDE HOLIDAY SPIRIT
Today, December 19, Meredith
students will enjoy a round of tra
ditional festivities which mark the
beginning of the Christmas holidays.
At 6:00 p.m. the annual Christmas
banquet will be held. This year’s
banquet will feature candlelight,
turkey with all the trimmings, and
a flaming dessert. A special program
of Christmas music will add to the
spirit of the occasion.
Later in the evening the Mere
dith angels will bundle up in their
warmest clothing in preparation for
the annual Christmas caroling. This
year the tour will be a little dif
ferent, for although the caroling is
traditional the bus strike is not, and
the girls will be walking to the
homes of faculty, administration,
and staff to sing.
On their return “Roy” will be
waiting for them in the gym with
hot chocolate and doughnuts.
These festivities, planned by the
Student Government Council, the
Baptist Student Union, aiid the Ath
letic Association, are only the be
ginning. The girls will go from the
gym to their respective hall parties
and then, more than likely, to an
other party in the room.
MEREDITH STUDENTS^ WORK
IS CHOSEN FOR EXHIBIT . . .
Anne Fuller and Margaret Paris,
senior art majors at Meredith, each
had a painting selected to be shown
in the annual North Carolina ar
tists’ exhibition. There were only
forty-four paintings chosen for the
event.
The exhibition is sponsored by
the North Carolina Art Society and
is being held at the North Carolina
Museum of Art. The annual ex
hibition is now in its twenty-eighth
year.
The jury, chosen from the fields
of art history, art education, and
practicing art, agreed that there was
no regional or provincial character
in the competition. The judges
named several works that would
hold their own in any national com
petition, and five of these works
were designated by the jury for
special awards.
Anne Fuller and Margaret Paris,
both from Raleigh, were the only
undergraduates in the state who had
paintings chosen. Anne is vice-
president of student government
this year. Margaret is editor of the
Acorn, the Meredith College literary
magazine.
Mary Ann Browa
Judy McLamb
Juniors Tapped Into Silver Shield
Juniors Mary Ann Brown and
Judy McLamb were tapped to as
sociate membership in the Silvei
Shield, Meredith’s leadership so
ciety, in a chapel program on De
cember 16. Dr. Carlyle Campbell,
president of the college, was speaker
for the occasion.
Judy “Mac,” a religion major
from Benson, North Carolina, was
recently chosen by the student
Body as Chairman of Religious
Emphasis Week. She is vice-
president of Vann dormitory, Stu
dent Government representative on
the Social Standards Committee,
and junior class representative on
the Nominating Committee. Judy
also serves as program chairman for
her Sunday School at First Baptist
Church.
Mary Ann Brown, whose home
is Hendersonville, North Carolina,
is feature editor for the Twig, vice-
president of Sigma Pi Alpha, the
college’s honoraiy language fra
ternity, and a member of the Ath
letic Association Board, the Hoof-
print Club, and the Colton English
Club. Mary Ann’s major is English,
and she was author of the winning
junior stunt this year. Besides her
school activities, she also leads a
troop of Girl Scouts here in Ra
leigh.
Members of the Silver Shield are
chosen on the basis of con
structive leadership, Christian char
acter, service to the school and
scholarship. They are elected by
members of the organization and the
faculty.
Classes will resume at 8:30
a.m., Monday, January 5,
1959.