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Volume XXXV
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., APRIL 14, 1961
HAVE
No .10
A A To Sponsor Play Day On April 19
STUDENT GOVERNMENT DELEGATES ATTEND
CONVENTION OF SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION
This weekend three delegates
from the Student Govern'Tnent As
sociation are attending the annual
convention of the Southern Colle
giate Association of Student Gov
ernments, an a-ssociation of which
the Meredith Student Government
is a member. The convention
opened on Thursday, April 13, at
Westhampton College in Richmond,
Virginia.
The theme for the weekend con
ference is “Disappearing into In
difference?”, a theme intended to
foster productive thinking among
the delegates in an effort to help
them to examitie themselves indi
vidually and to relate what they
see to the needs of their own cam
puses.
Registration began on Thursday
afternoon and lasted until 8:30 p.m.
that night. A general meeting con
vened at that time. This meeting
began the round of conferences and
d'iscus&ion sessions on such topics
as “Why — Student Government?”,
“Why — an Honor System?”, and
“Why a Student Leader?”. A group
will discuss problems dealing with
Student Government projects, elec
tion procedures, systems of main
taining social standards, handbooks,
and orientation programs.
Tomorrow the entire conference
will leave Richmond for a trip to
Williamsburg' Virginia. Sunday the
delegates wi/1. travel back to their
respective schools. The Meredith
Student Government Association
pays the expenses of its delegates.
STUDENTS APPEAR IN
SPRING HORSE SHOWS
The Meredith College horse
women are making frequent ap
pearances at nearby horse shows
during the spring months. Several
girls entered a March 18 show spon
sored by the Capitol Horsemen’s
Association. Three of the partici
pants from the College won ribbons
in the show — Kitty Pruitt, Nancy
Evans, and Susan Hawkins.
Last Saturday, April 8, Mrs.
Mary Edwards, riding instructor,
entered some of the college students
and some of her riding pupils who
live in Raleigh in the Briarwood
Farm Show on Creedmoor Road.
Mr. Billy Beck, a horse tr-ainer from
Winston-Salem, was judge for the
show.
Two more shows, the Lasertoma
Show at Mr. William McLaurin’s
Barn on Buck Jones Road on Satur
day, April 15, and the Fittsboro
Horse Show on Saturday, April 29,
will be attended by more riding
students from the College.
Mrs. Edwards recently an
nounced that a new colt is being
broken to halter at the Meredith ‘
stables and that a coming two-year-
old by Private Contract is a recent
addition.
Officers Are Chosen
in Serond Eetection
The e/cction of the second slate
of officers for Meredith College
during the school year of 1961-62
was held before the Easter holiday.
The winners are Astro president,
Sandi Stanley; Phi president, Carol
Park; S.G. vice - president, Cille
Benton; Social Standards chairman,
Susan Creech; Faircloth president,
Pat Walston; Brewer president,
Martha Stuckey; and Vann presi
dent, Mary Lou Nichols.
Those who will serve as hall
proctors are 1st pGircloth, Melinda
Corpening; 2nd Faircloth, Leah
Rose Williams; 3rd Faircloth, Joyce
Tripp; 1st Brewer, Sandra Fisher;
2nd Brewer, runoff between Susan
Leathers and Ellen McPaul; and
3rd Brewer, Betty Gray.
Treasurer of S.G., Velma McGee;
Treasurer of Day Students, Judith
Austin; Vice-president of BSU, Ann
Chandler; BSU social chairman,
Frieda Farmer; BSU treasurer,
Scott Beaver; A.A. vice-president,
Nancy Jones; A.A. treasurer, Vicki
Derreberry.
Also, Twig business manager,
Judy Purcelle; Playhouse president,
Celia Caldwell; College marshall,
runoff between Amy Lou Bell and
Sadie Sue Worthington.
English Department
Sponsors Book Teas
A bustle of talk over beaming
cups of tea and coffee was the scene
of the' March 28 Book Tea in the
lounge in Joyner Hall. Under the
capable prompting of Pat Hutchins,
the group of students and faculty
members spent a pleasant hour dis
cussing everything from the classics
to the comlemporary novels, from
plays to poetry, from essays to
magazine articles.
The Tea was for freshmen and
sophomores, and the next such
event, on April 18 in Joyner
Lounge, will be open to all classes.
The hour for the Tea will be posted.
On Saturday afternoon, April 8,
Dr. lone Knight and Miss Peg
Gopsage, members of the Meredith
English faculty, presented slides,
both interesting and beautiful, of
sights of literary interest. These
slides were taken during their sum
mer trips and included many of the
lesser-commercialized points of at
traction in the British Isles.
RciniDiscient of past Flay Days are Ihi! crowning of Rosie Edwards and Dr. John
Lewis as Duchcss and Duke of 1959 Play Day; Mr. Willlftm Ledford spccdine down
HiG floor for (lie faculty in the hoop rolling contest; tlic musical offering of Strine-
field Dormitory; and a brave attempt to become free again after a relay race.
STATE BSU LEADERSBMP COIVFEREIVCE TO
COJVVEIME ilV WilVSTOX OJV APRiL 21
Dr. L. D. Johnson
Dr. Swao Hawoctfa
Addresses by Dr. L. D. Johnson,
professor at the University of Rich
mond, and Dr. Swan Haworth, pro
fessor at Southern Seminary in
Louisville, and a series of work
shops will attract more than 350
officers and leaders from thirty col
lege land university Baptist Student
Unions to the North Carolina BSU
Leadership Training Conference,
April 21-23.
The Wake Forest Baptist Church,
on the campus of Wake Fores't Col
lege in Winston-Salem, will be host
to the conference. Dr. Glenn Black
burn, minister, iuid Louis Myers,
assistant, together with several
members of the church, are in
charge of arrangements for the gath
ering. David Snider, BSU president
at the College, is assisting in prepa
rations being made.
BSU Council members and other
Meredith students who are inter
ested in this conference should
make their reservations by April 10
by paying a re^stration fee of $1.
“Sent Forth to Serve” is the
theme which will be developed in
addresses by Dr. Johnson and .Dr.
Haworth.
The Wingate College BSU Choir
will sing at the opening session. Un
der the direction of Joel Stegall,
Wake Forest student, a choir com
posed of students across the state
will sing at other sessions.
David Price, student at University
of North Carolina and chairman of
the conference committee, has in
dicated that special features will in
clude the election of state officers
for 1961-62 and the presentation
of three students who will serve as
summer missionaries in Ghana,
West Africa; in a European Work
Camp; and in Alaska.
An important part of the week
end meeting is the workshop groups
for training officers in objectives
and methods of various phases of
BSU programming. In addition to
officer workshops, there will be gen
eral groups on Christian social ac
tion, and forum, study, and discus
sion group leadership.
Workshop leaders includc: Rev.
Cole, Mr. Leon P. Spencer, Dr.
W. R. Grigg, Dr. Herman Ihley,
Misses Sara Ann Hobbs and
Gloria H. Blanton, all of the Bap
tist State Convention staff, Raleigh;
Mr. Marse Grant, editor of the
Biblical Recorder and Rev. Le
roy P. Richardson, BSU Director
at N. C. State College, both of Ra
leigh; Mr. Harold Shoemaker,
Pritchard Memorial’s Minister of
Music, Charlotte; Dr. Robert D.
Alkire, associate secretary of the
Intercollegiate Association (for the
study of the alcohol problem), Co
lumbus, Ohio.
BSU directors who will lead
workshops ©re Worth Barbour, A &
T College; William Price, Univer
sity of North Carolina; Quentin
Perreault, Western Carolina Col
lege; William Smith, Duke Univer
sity; and John Hiott, Gardner-Webb
College.
Yarbrough Attends
St. Louis Meeting
On March 28 and 30, Dr. Mary
Yarbrough attended the national
meeting of the American Chemical
Society in St. Louis, Missouri. Some
20,000 industrial and educational
chemists attended the lectures and
discussions, which pertained to all
branches of chemistry, such as
chemical education, organic chem
istry, and medicinal chemistry.
Dr. Yarbrough attended the sec
tion on chemical education. On
Tuesday evening she attended a
dinner at which the noted chemist
Dr. John 'Bailar, head professor of
the depantment of chemistry at the
University of Illinois, was the chief
speaker. Also, on Tuesday Dr. Yar
brough attended a lecture given by
Sarah Ratner, who during this na
tional meeting was elected to re
ceive the Gavin award. This award
is given each year to the outstand
ing woman chemist.
As a representative of Meredith
College, Dr. Yarbrough stayed with
a former Meredith graduate, Dr.
Helen Bedon. Dr, Bedon is at pres
ent head of the chemistry depart
ment at Lendenwood College in St.
Charles, Missouri.
FACULTY, STUDENTS MEET
IN TRADITIONAL CONTESTS
Eager sunbathers; dancing daffo
dils; bermuda-clad legs; warm, lazy
afternoon; gay, flower-strewn hats;
Sunday picnics; blossoming dog
wood trees; gardeners busily cutting
grass; invigorating bicycle rides;
and soft-refreshing breezes •—^ all
of these are indicating that Spring
has at last arrived. And what does
Spring mean to the members of our
Meredith community?
Among other things, spring at
Meredith means that another long
time tradition will be observed.
Since most of the students and per
haps many of the faculty and ad
ministration members have proba
bly experienced slight symptoms of
spring fever, all will agree that it is
time for a day of fun and relaxa
tion. And Play Day at Meredith is
just such a day[
Atkins* Gray Arc Chairmen
Play Day is sponsored by the
Athletic Association, and this year
Delores Atkins and Betty Gray are
co-chairmen. The other members of
the A.A. Board are in charge of
the various events of the day.
At 2 o’clock in the afternoon of
April 19, the activities of Play Day
will begin. At this time everyone
will meet in the court and be wel
comed by President Carlyle Camp
bell. Following Dr. Campbell’s
words, the Duke and Duchess of
Play Day will be crovmed. After the
crowning each dormitory will pre
sent its song and cheer led by the
dorm cheerleaders.
Races, Relays To Be Held
With the completion of the
checrs and songs, the raccs and re
lays between the dorms will be held
in the court. These relays, in which
members selected from each dorm
will participate, are the sack relay,
the over-and-under relay, the three-
legged relay, the egg-and-spoon re
lay, the wheel barrel relay, and the
suitcase relay.
After the relays the student-
faculty volleyball game will be held.
This game usually proves to be a
close, exciting match. While the vol
leyball game is in progress, the in
dividual challenges will made
and begun. Later on in the after
noon the student-faculty softbill
giamc will be played on the field be
hind the pool.
Picnic To Be Served
During the entire afternoon each
person may take part as he pleases;
some people will eagerly participate
in every conceivable challenge,
while others will sit back and whole
heartedly cheer for their energetic
friends. With the completion of the
challenges and the softball game, a
picnic supper will be served in the
court.
When all the points for the vari
ous contests have been tallied, the
winners of Play Day will be an
nounced. At this time, which will
be about 7 o’clock, Play Day will
end with everyone in a state of
happy exhaustion.
Bart>ester Foundation
/ItiMounoes Grants
Meredith College is one of 25
church-related colleges in North
CafS5lina which will share m a $2,-
000 grant made by International
Harvester, according to Dr. Carlyle
Campbell, Meredith president.
The gift is a part of a $125,000
grant for eduoation which the com
pany has made for 1961.