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Volume XXXIV
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., APRIL 15, I960
No. 9
MEREDITH PLAY DAY WILL BE APRIL 20
NEBLETT TO BE
GUEST LECTURER
Miss Lucy Ann Neblett( a mem>
ber of the department of foreign
languages at Meredith since 1947,'
will spend June 17-July 22 as visit
ing lecturer at the University of
Colorado at Boulder. Miss Neblett
will teach a course in Spanish pro
nunciation and diction.
Senorha Was Fulbright Teacher
Senorita, as she is called by her
students, was a Fulbright teacher
in Italy during the past year. She is
the daughter of former missionaries
to Cuba, where she was educated
before coming to the United States.
Senorita holds degrees from the Uni
versities of Texas and California.
Extensive Graduate Work Done
She has also« done graduate
work at U.N.C., Duke, California
University, University of Mexico,
University of Havana, and the Uni
versity of Foreigners in Perugia,
Italy.
Family Reunion Set
After completing her session of
teaching at the University of Colo
rado, Senorita will return to Nash
ville, Tennessee, for a family re
union with her brothers from Los
Angeles, Pensacola, Key West, ahd
Chicago; and her sister from Naples,
Italy:
Belcher Attends
SACUBO Meeting
In Gulfpark, Mississippi, on
April 3-5, Mr. V. Howard Belcher,
business manager of Meredith Col
lege, attended a meeting of the
Southern Association of College and
University Business Officers. Col
leges from all over Mississippi were
hosts for the meeting with Gulf-
part Junior College acfing as the
local host.
Problems Discussed
General and panel discussions
were a part of the program; and
college business management prob
lems included in the discussions
were collcge housing, endowment-
fund management, student loans,
and health insurance programs.
Hollis, Dobbins Speak
Among the main speakers for the
meeting were Dr. Ernest Hollis of
the United States Department of
Education and Mr. Charles Dobbins
of the American Council on Educa
tion.
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Campaign Leaders
Report Progress
Campaign workers for the Ra
leigh Meredith Expansion Program
met at the college for dinner on
Tuesday, April 5 and heard a re
port on the fund-raising drive.
Chairman R. D. Beam presided over
the meeting which about 100 cam
paign workers attended.
Gfml Is $500,000
The Raleigh drive has as its goal
$500,000 which will be used for a
new student union building. Mr.
George Freeman, who runs the cam.
paign office, reported at the dinner
that a total of $192,270 has been
pledged so far in the drive. This
figure shows a considerable increase
from the $115,378 reported at a
similar meeting the previous week.
Faculty and Staff Make Pledges
Mr. Robert Deyton, vice-presi
dent of the college, has announced
that over $23,000 has been pledged
to date by the Meredith faculty and
staff.
Campaign leaders feel that the
Raleigh campaign — in full swing
now after considerable delay be
cause of bad weather — is progress
ing very well, and the goal is ex
pected to be reached.
Meredith Represente
At Horse Shows
Meredith College students and
horses are beginning to represent
the college in spring horse shows in
Piedmont North Carolina.
Williams and Mac Win
Phyllis Williams was a recent en
trant in the Fayetteville horse show
and the winner in her division. She
rode “Silver Mac.”
Plans are now being made by Mrs.
Mary Edwards, Meredith equitation
instructor, to enter riders in contests
in Pittsboro and Sedgefield during
the next month.
Pictured above arc the I9S9 Duke and Duchess of Play Day, Dr. John M. Lewis
and Kosie Edwards, as they began their reign—which ended some four ho«irs later,
in the lounlain.
‘BRAINWASHING’ TO BE SUBJECT
OF APRIL 21 BSU FORUM
Group To Enter Local Show -
A group is also expected to take
>art in the last home show in Ra-
eigh, April 23. Mrs. Edwards is now
taking registration for the Meredith
May Day Horse Show.
Entrants in the spring shows from
Meredith include Susie Hawkins,
Lelia Davenport, Stuart Haynes-
worth, Ruth Walston, Ann Daniels,
Cynthia Denny, Sylvia Nash, Cyn
thia Corbett, and Ann Irby.
“Brainwashing” will be the sub
ject of the next BSU Forum which
will be held April 21, 1960, at 7:00
In 103 Joyner.
CBS Film To Be Shown
This is another of the CBS films
and is an actual account of some of
the happenings in concentration
camps. It is similar to the other
CBS films shown on the “Twentieth
Century” television series which is
noted for its timeliness and provoca
tive manner of presentation of the
live issues of our day.
Questions Raised
Some questions likely to arise in
the discussion period might be:
What is the weakness in our culture
that caused so many American sol
diers to turn to the enemy in Korea?
Is American advertising brainwash-
MEREDITH GRADUATE SPEAKS AT
SILVER SHIELD SPRING TAPPING
Helen Booe, Betty Galloway, and
Peggy Martin were tapped for mem
bership by the Silver Shield Mon
day, April 11, during chapel. Prior
to the tapping, Mrs. Pat Smathers
Mitchell spoke on the respon
sibilities Meredith studeots have for
leadership, responsibilities which are
thrust upon us and with which we
must learn to live happily.
Mrs. Mitchell A *53 Graduate
Mrs. Mitchell, a 1953 Meredith
graduate, is now engaged in private
dental practice in Chapel Hill, one
of the six practicing women dentists
in North Carolina. She was gradu
ated from the School of Dentistry of
the University of North Carolina in
1959, the only female member of
her class and one of the three
women graduates in deiitistry in the
University’s history.
Members Chosen By Society^
Faculty
Membership in the Silver Shield,
Meredith’s honorary leadership so
ciety, is determined on the basis of
Christian character, constructive
leadership, and service to the school.
Members are chosen by the Society
and the faculty.
Helen Booe, a home economics
major from Winston-Salem, is presi
dent of the Astrotekton Society. She
served her junior year on student
government, as a vice>pre&ident of
Stringfield dormitory; and as stunt
chairman for the winning junior
Alumnae Present
Gift To College
At the eighteenth annual alum
nae seminar which met on the Mere
dith campus on March 19, the home
economics department received a
gift of $1,000. This amount was
given by former home economics
graduates.
Mrs. William C. Friday (Ida
Howell, ’41), wife of the president
of the Consolidated University of
North Carolina, presented the do
nation to the department. The gift
has been designated for the pur
chase of needed facilities for either
the home economics department or
•the recently completed Ellen Brewer
House.
ing us? How free are we to make
real choices? Is modern education a
form of subtle brainwashing? Do our
college professors brainwash us?
What is the difference between
propaganda and freedom of the
press? Is the government brain
washing the American public about
our defense program? Are political
speeches a form of brainwashing?
Are pec^le willing to be brain
washed for the sake of security?
Resource Leaders Annoiuiced
The resource leaders for this
Forum will be Dr. John Oliver Cook
and Dr. Clifton Gray, both of the
department of psychology at State
College.
stunt.
Betty Galloway is this year’s
social standards chairman. Also a
home economics major, from Char
lotte, Betty has been a class officer
and on the student government
council.
Peggy Martin has served as secre
tary of the student government as
sociation and is president this year.
Pe^y is an elementary education
major from High Point and is doing
student teaching this semester. She
was chosen “Miss Meredith” by the
members of her class.
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BOOKS PRESEJVTED
COLLEGE LIBRARY
The Meredith College Library
has recently received two volumes
of Le Sage’s 1827 Atlas and a vol
ume from the Albert L. Lasker Col
lection, Renoir to Matisse.
Adas Given By Lemmons
The atlas, covering the two con
tinents of the Western Hemisphere,
was given by Dr. Sarah Lemmon,
professor of history at Meredith, and
her mother, Mrs. W. P. Lemmon,
The volumes are from the Lemmon
library and originally belonged to
Dr. Lemmon’s great - grandfather,
W. P. Lemmon, who was a clipper
ship merchant between Baltimore
and Caracas, Venezuela.
Lasker Foundation Gives Art Book
The art book was given by the
Lasker Foundation and contains
sixty French paintings collected by
the American businessman, the late
Albert D. Lasker, A note from Mrs.
Lasker accompanied the gift.
Glasses, Societies
Choose Officers
Class and society officers for next
year have been elected and are as
follows:
Rising senior class president will
be Bette Liles; vice-president, Jean-
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Annual Event
Originated In 1941
Play Day, which was begun on
the Meredith campus by Dr. Carlyle
Campbell, will be held next Wednes
day, April 20, beginning at 2:00
p.m. First celebrated on May 13,
1940, Play Day is designed to al
low the faculty and student body to
relax together, participating in in
formal contests and other recrea
tional activities.
“Carrot Crown** Used
The original Play Day began with
the faculty members sittinj among
the students at lunch. The tables
were decoratcd by the waitresses
and prizes were given for the most
original table. Following lunch a
duchess from the student body and
a duke from the faculty were
crowned. The Twig on May 24,
1941, says that Dr. Henderson, the
duke, was crowned with a “twenty-
carrot gold crown” and that during
the afternoon “his Grace was ex
ceedingly generous with the carrots
of his crown.”
Hut Dedicated
Immediately after the crowning
there were races and individual
games which were topped off by a
softball game between the faculty
and students. Most of the games that
afternoon were won by the faculty.
The dedication of the hut, which
was the culmination of many hopes
and plans, climaxed the afternoon.
After the picnic supper, step singing
was enjoyed by all.
Knight Was Chairman
Dr. lone Kemp Knight, then a
student here, was chairman of the
general committee for the second
Play Day in 1942. The program for
that year listed the baseball game
in the middle of the afternoon with
a period for individual games be
fore and after this game. However,
the baseball game was rained out,
and activities had to be moved in
side. The period between 4:30 and
5:00 was set aside for challenges,
which did not count toward winning.
At that time competition was be
tween the faculty and the student
body, and the faculty won the 1942
Play Day.
Croquet Game Breaks Tie
The May 25, 1945, Twig com
ments that the competition at that
time was between the faculty and
the classes. That year there was a
faculty tie with the sophomores. The
croquet game which was held to
break the tle'was won by the faculty.
Later the competition was held be
tween the faculty and the dorms,
and in 1954 the day students as a
group were added. The day students
went on to win that year.
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English Club Plans
Final Book Tea
The last book tea of the year,
sponsored by the Colton English
Club, will be held on April 26. This
tea will be a general one to which
the entire student body is invited.
Nancy Tew, a sophomore English
major, will lead the discussion,
which will be concerned with books
that have been read by those pres
ent.
The tea will be held in Joyner
Lounge from 4:30-5:30 p.m. Every
one is invited to attend.