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ABROGATION OF RESPONSIBILITY
SERIOUSLY ENDANGERS DEMOCRACY
Abraham Lincoln once commented rather vividly on the responsibility
of the people at election time that “It is the people’s business. The elec
tion is in their hands. If they turn their backs to the fire and get scorched
in the rear, they’ll find they have got to sit on the blister.”
Realizing that much has already been said on the responsibility of the
students during our elections both in this column and in assemblies and
perhaps because the point has been emphasized to the extent that it has,
we feel that one more word is needed regarding the fact that wc did not
meet our responsibility in the recent run-off election.
If school elections and the democratic process which we enjoy here are
the training which we are to have for accepting the privileges and duties
of citizens in a democracy, the recent run-off, it would seem, is a sad
commentary on the kinds of citizens we are becoming.
Although some of the apparent indifferent attitude can be explained
by the fact that we have been presented in this election with an extremely
capable list of candidates on all slates and that we do not wage fervent
political campaigns in the manner of a party system government, we must
not be inclined to explain away our responsibilities.
In our situation the most serious “blister” we may have to endure might
be the inconvenience of another election; however, if carried into national
and world citizenship, a similar situation could conceivably result in the
irretrievable loss of fundamental principles gained by considerable in
convenience in the past by men who did not “turn their backs to the fire.”
S. R.
An End; A Beginning
And What Does It Signify?
After a year both long and fleeting in duration, we arrive at the time
to hand over our work to another editor and another staff. Fully realizing
our own inadequacies and failures, we look to the new people with hope
and anticipation that they will far surpass our efforts.
We also look to you—the student body—and hope that you will make
a new beginning and that it will be a worthy one. For this hope to be
realized, however, some probing and soul searching that will produce
practical and tangible manifestations is imperative.
In this age of guilt and anxiety, explored with penetration in a recent
issue of Time, our generation frolics at Fort Lauderdale. In the midst
of the Cold War, sizzling at intervals in Cuba, the Congo, and Laos, we,
by our failure to cast our votes in the democratic process, do vote against
freedom, liberty, justice. In the amazing world of mass communications,
we seem to know little about our world, and more importantly we some
times seem not really to care—unless wc and our security are threatened.
Our problem is tlie why behind these apparent symptoms of decay. Are
We really the beat generation—beaten before we actually begin? Or are
we merely part and parcel and victims of a general apathy which char
acterizes our entire nation? Are we allowing the conveniences and the in
dustrial society which wc have created with our own genius rise up as
monsters to destroy our sense of community, our family life, our moral
standards, our convictions and our loyalties? Or are we Unaware that
such destruction seems to be apparent in many places?
Our purpose, our goals, our ultimate concern—what are they? A na
tion, a community, a college, 'a family, an individual can retain identity
only as long as a guiding purpose and reason for existence are retained
m an immediate awareness of their presence and their implications. At
this point resides our success or our failure—and what are our measures
of these? g L
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College Registrar Releases
Dean’s List Of 91 Students
A list of Meredith College stu
dents who have been awarded
Dean’s List honors for scholarship
attainments during the past semes
ter has been released by the Col
lege registrar, Mrs. Vera Tart Marsh.
Included in this list are names of
students registered for at least
twelve hours who have completed
and passed all courses with a num
ber of quality points equal to twice
the number of semester hours taken
plus three.
Adams, Elizabeth Pate; Adler,
Johanna McKevlin; Avery, Judith
Leigh; Barnes, Carol Ann Jones;
Baugham, Mary Ogie; Beals, Mar
tha Jean Clifford; Beaver, Kather
ine Scott; Biles, Martha Theresa;
Boyette, Andrea Camille; Bramlett,
Katherine Anne Irby; Brantley,
Joan LaRue; Braswell, Elizal^th
Ann; Briitt, Barbara Anne; Britt,
Brenda Lee; Britton, Anne Eliza
beth; Bunn, Brenda Frances.
Caldwell, Celia Ann; Clifton,
Meredith Jane; Cope, Etta Joan;
Covington, Ann LeStourgeon; Coxe,
Eugenia Carol; Creech, Faye Dean;
Daniel, Ann Lupton; Dunn, Emily
Nelson; Eason, Mary Ann; Ennis,
Barbara Sue.
Farmer, Frieda Jane; Fowler,
Mary Margaret; Frye, Bettie Reid
Walton; Greene, Zelma LaRue;
Gurkin, Crissie Louise; Hamrick,
Carole LaVerne; Haywood, Eliza
beth Jane; Holbert, Jerry Lou; Hol
brook, Sally Ann; Hurst, Margaret
Lorcnc.
Kinlaw, Betty Joe; Kleiman,
Madeline Enid; Knight, Carol Jean;
Kress, Christine Carol; Leath,
Carolyn Suzanne; Lee, Zula Faye;
Liles, Carolyn Elizabeth; Littlefield,
Mary Jill; Long, Janice Roberta;
Lowe, Rachel Virginia; McKenney,
Myra Hope; McNeill, Margaret
Anna Ratley.
Mere DitheiI
By RACHEL DAILEY
Dr. Campbell’s talk in chapel
about the anticipated improvements
on campus has awakened in our
minds an eagerness for new build
ings and new opportunities. Al
though all of us will not stay to see
the fruition of the plans, we all can
not keep down the excitement about
the coming expansion.
I, too, am exuberant about the
news, but sometimes I wonder if
wc all really appreciate and notice
the beauty on our campus which
now exists. There is not one soul
whose depth has not been probed
by the beauty of the front drive
in Spring, when the cherry trees
(and now the dogwoods, too) are
profusely acknowledging the sea
son.
And do you thrill, too, at May
Day when each blade of grass
seems clipped to perfection, each
walk bordered by immaculate crew-
cuts, and the fountain scrubbed to
ivory shine?
Ajid there is the whiteness of
fences toward the stable, contrasted
against the green of the grass, the
red of the clay. The trees blossom
all around . . . what kind of tree
is next to the breezeway at the back
of Stringfield, and why do the court
trees bud so suddenly?
Flowers outdo the trees ... daffo
dils, spirea, forsythia, dandelions,
violets. The red brick of the build
ings looks redder, the blue-gray of
the pavement looks deeper, the
white of the cement whiter, the red
clay ricker.
Yes, J’m excited for new sights
coming to our campus. I tliink we
could use some new facilities, but
when in years to come, I remember
Meredith, I’ll remember the trees,
and the ivy in Faircloth’s far comer,
and the evergreens at the foimtiun,
and the gentle rolling of the front
field when daisies wave, and my
memory will be quite satisfied, Pm
sure.
Afaness, Hila Jo; Martin, Peggy
Joan; Morrow, Sara Elizabeth;
Moss, Rulh Avery; Motislnger,
Linda Elaine; Kooe, Ann Fravel;
Norwood, Carolyn English; Orr,
Betty Louise.
Peacock, Clara Lou; Perkins,
Lynne Southerland; Picklesimer,
Gwendolyn Mae; Purcelle, Judy
Elizabeth; Rice, Kathryn Ann;
Rogers, Margie Sue; Rountree, No
vella Elizabeth; Rowe, Maggie Ann.
Saintsing, Barbara North; Sault,
Suzanne Mary; Scott, Joan Rebec
ca; Self, Susan Amanda; Scnter, Ida
Carol; Sharpe, Anne Hunter; Sim
mons, Jane Kathleen; Simpson,
Evalyn Montreys; Smith, Elaine
Carroll; Smith, Judy Lavonne;
Smith, Salie Aline; Smith, Sarah
Frances; Spearman, Gwendolyn
Joan; Stevens, Molly Scott; Stray-
horn, Hilda Anne; Stuckcy, Martha
Ann.
Tadlock, Mary Edmondson;
Taylor, Jenny Lou; Turner, Noona
Beth; Vick, Catharine Rollins;
Warwick, Mary Carol; Webster,
Ruby Mae; White, Donna Helen;
Wilkins, Marguerite Davis; Worth
ington, Alma Jeannette; Yancey,
Julianna; Young, Anne Hutchins.
Included in the list are 47
seniors, 24 juniors, 8 sophomores;
and 12 freshmen.
61-62 Concert Bill
Promises Enjoyment
The city of Raleigh has two ac
tive concert series endeavors. The
Friends of the College concerts are
sponsored by N. C. State College
promoters, and the Raleigh Concert
Music Association is a community
project. Seasonal tickets for the
1961-62 seasons promise to be su
perior.
The Friends of the College series
will consist of six programs at the
College Coliseum. The' season be
gins on ihe 23, 24, and 25 of Oc
tober with the New York City
Ballet. This Is the greatest ballet
company in the United States and
may be compared with any other
company in the world.
On November 21, the Wagner
Choral will perform. Then on De
cember 1, the season continues with
the Gayanisan dance group. This is
a company of fifty dancers which
will ])erform dances of their native
Philippine Isles. This will be their
first southern tour.
The fourth presentation of the
oonoert scries will be hdd on Febru
ary 17. The New York Little Sym
phony will give the opera Ariadne
Auf Nobas. Ten soloists will be ac
companied by the symphony.
Operatic soloists Birgil Nileson, who
made her Metropolitan Debut in
1959-60, promises an excellent per
formance on February 20. The Bos-
Aptil 14, 1961
Music Notes
By SUSAN LEATHERS
Returhing from Spring Holidays,
many junior and senior majors ate
faced with giving recitals. Before
the holidays Mary Lee Lassiter,
senor organ major; Margaret Hurst,
and Gail Newton, senior piano ma
jors, gave excellent recitals.
Other students to give organ re
citals are Anne Sharpe, senior, and
Peggy Martin, junior. Giving piano
recitals will be Mary Carol War
wick, senior; Joan Cope, senior;
Rebecca Scott, senior; Virginia Ped-
gett, senior; BetUe Cole, senior; and
Pat Walston, junior.
Giving voice recitals will be
Phyllis Green, senior; Sonja Mat
tocks, senior; Kay Brotherton,
senior; and Sandi Stanley, junior.
Students are invited to attend these
concerts and may find dates of per
formances announced on bulletin
boards and in chapel.
With much anticipation students
have been looking forward to die
annual Sigma Alpha lota faculty
recital. The program, which was
presented on April 7, included
Bach’s “Toccata in C major,” Miss
Belle Haeseler, organist; Bee
thoven’s “Concerto in C minor,”
Stuart Pratt, pianist, and Harry E.
Cooper, organist; Saint-Saeans’ aria
from Samson and Delilah, “Amour!
viens aider!”. Miss Beatrice Donley,
contralto, James Clybum, pianist;
and “The Grand Duo” of Schubert,
James Clyburn and Miss Jean
Swanson, pianists. Following the re
cital, a reception was held by S. A.I.
honoring the music faculty in the
Blue Parlor of Johnson Hall.
Sieen around the music building
. . . serene joy of accomplishment
radiating from Dr. Cooper’s exu
berant countenance . . . exclama
tions of “It’s here! Have you seen
it? Boy, I can hardly wait to play
it!” ... a beautiful new organ con
sole, to be installed this summer,
^at caused the ufore-mentioned
items . . . more and more cases of
Spring Fever . . . preparation for
the arrival of the examiner from
the National Association of Schools
of Music . , . recital jitters ... a
chorus, hard at work . . . sopho
mores looking forward to the an
nual dinner at Miss Swanson’s . . .
resolutions NEVER to get behind
in theory assignments again, not
after the pre-Easter catch-up rush
. . . girls preparing to compete for
Miss Raleigh ... a girl who has
thoroughly enjoyed writing Music
Notes during the past year.
ton Pops Orchestra will present the
last concert of the season on March
31.
The Raleigh Concert Music As-
sociatitMi also has scheduled an ex
cellent program of concerts for the
coming season. The Robert Shaw
Choral and Orchestra and the Phila
delphia Orchestra with Eugene Or-
mandy conducting wiU be pre
sented. Also, two other concerts are
to be selected.
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