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THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
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FOR GRADUATION
TRADITIONS
Volume XXXV
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., MAY 26, 1961
No. 12
GRADUATION EXERCISES BEGIN FRIDAY, JUNE 2
GIRLS RECEIVE
ANNUAL AWARDS
Society Day was held Wednesday,
May 24, featuring announcements of
awards and honors. Receiving the
Astrotekton and Philaretian Literary
Awards were Susan Self Courtney
and Rcbccca Scott respectively.
Martha Biles was the winner of the
Ida Poteat Art Award and the award
for the outstanding secondary school
teacher. The winner of the award for
the outstanding elementary school
teacher was Carol Hamrick.
Other people receiving awards
were: Joy Anne Adams and Vel
ma McGee, Independent Reading
Awards; Rebecca Scott, Hubbell
Writing Award; Rebecca Scott,
Colton Creative Writing Award; Pa
tricia Walston, Peggy Martin, Re
becca Scott, Joan Cope, and
Mary Carol Warwick, Sigma Alpha
lota Professional Music Fraternity
Awards.
There were several awards made
in the field of athletics. The Horse
manship Trophy went to Susan
Hawkins for the second consecutive
year. Kathleen Simmons was the re
cipient of the Best All Around Ath
lete Award. Monogram Awards went
to Janice Long, Dianne Simmons,
Delores Atkins, Kathleen Simmons,
Anne Britton, Linda Rose Lee, and
Mary Lou Morgan.
The Society Cup was presented to
the Astrotekton Society on the basis
of participation in athletic events.
Winner of the Alpha Psi Omega
(Continued on page four)
SEMINAR TO BE
HELD IN .lUNE
June 19-23 the ninth annual Mere
dith School of Christian Studies will
convene in order, as their purpose
states, ‘to bring thoughtful ministers
and laymen together in study and
discussion with leaders who are mak
ing major, scholarly contributions to
Christian life and thought.”
Beginning on Monday at 8:00
p.m. with a lecture “Religion in a
Technical Age” by Samuel H. Mil
ler, Dean of the Harvard Divinity
School, the program will continue
until Friday, 1:00 p.m. The sched
ule for participants in the school
will be filled, for the day begin
ning at 7:15 a.m. is filled with lec
tures in the morning by the
three guest scholars — Dr. Miller,
George S. Hendry of the Princeton
Theological Seminary, and Wil
liam D. Davies of Union Theologi
cal Seminaiy. In the afternoon the
lecturers will meet with groups in
informal discussion, and the later
afternoon will be free for relaxation.
In the evening from 8:00 to 9:00
p.m. members will convene for the
evening lecture. On Monday eve
ning Dr. Miller will speak on “Re
ligion in a Technical Age.” Tues
day Dr. Hendry will present the
question, “What Is God?” Dr.
Davies, whose topic will be an
nounced later, will speak Wednes
day. Thursday Dr. Miller will
present the lecture “Religion and
Modern Art.”
Those, who reside outside of Ra
leigh and desire to participate in
the school will be housed on the
Meredith campus. There will be a
slight charge for room and board,
but there will be no charge for the
lectures. Dr. Ralph McLain, head
of the Meredith College religion de
partment, is chairman of the pro
gram committee. Meredith’s presi
dent, Dr. Carlyle Campbell, is also
a member of the committee.
A t>pkal recession from Jones Anditorlum following the baccalaureate address.
Seniors Choose Crook of Religion Department
As Recipient of “Oak Leaves” Dedication
On May 15, the 1961 Oak
heaves was presented to the stu
dent body during the chapel period.
Ann Covington, editor, expressed
her appreciation to the entire Oak
Leaves staff and introduced the
’61 business manager, Carol Park.
Gwen Cooper, ’62 editor, and Peggy
Klick, ’62 business manager, were
also presented to the student body.
New Features Noted
The 1961 Oak Leaves is bound
in a black semi-smooth grain ma
terial and the lettering is in silver.
The entire lay-out follows a hori
zontal pattern. After pointing out
such features and other highlights of
the yearbook, particularly the two-
page colored-picture spread, Ann
revealed the faculty recipient of the
dedication.
Dedication Revealed
‘‘ ‘For teaching us life’s true
values and pointing us to our Source
of strength,’ the 1961 Oak Leaves
is dedicated to Dr. Roger H. Crook,
associate professor in the religion
department.” Having received his
A.B. degree at Wake Forest Col
lege, and having attended South
ern Baptist Theological Seminary,
Louisville, Kentucky, where he re
ceived his Th.M. and his Th.D. de
grees, Dr. Crook was also a gradu
ate student at Duke University.
Since becoming a member of the
Meredith College family, the dedica
tee has been a faculty advisor to the
nominating committee and the
sponsor of the class of 1961 for
four years, as well as “our friend.”
Crook Is Pastor, Author
Besides his position as professor
of religion, he is also pastor of the
Mt. Olivet Baptist Church and
Chairman of the Christian Life
Commission of the Baptist State
Convention. Even though he is the
father of six boys, ranging in age
from three to twelve. Dr. Crook
has also found time to have written
and published two books, No North
or South and The Changing Ameri
can Family. On numerous occa
sions, he has written lesson scries,
particularly for young people, for
the Southern Baptist Convention’s
literary publications, as well as an
article for the May, 1961, issue of
The Reveille.
When asked what his first re
action was upon hearing his name
as the dedicatee, Dr. Crook could
only say, "1 was ... I don’t know
. . . stunned, I guess is the word.”
BENTON, NICHOLS, AND WILKINS NAMED NEW MEMBERS
IN SPRING SILVER SHIELD INDUCTION
On Wednesday, May 24, the Sil
ver Shield held its spring induction
ceremonies. Three rising seniors —
Ceille Benton, Mary Lou Nichols,
and Peggy Wilkins — were chosen
by the organization to become new
members. Nancy Ricker and Ann
White, associate members named
last fall, became full members.
Ceille, a religion major and edu
cation minor from Laurinburg, is
the newly elected 1961-1962 vice-
president of the Student Government
Association. She has served as vice-
president of Stringfield Dormitory,
treasurer of the BSU, treasurer of
the Astros, counselor, and member
of the chorus and the Freeman Re
ligion Club.
Mary Lou, formerly from Ver
mont, calls Jacksonville, Florida,
her home. She has recently been
elected 1961-1962 president of
Vann Dormitory. Mary Lou served
as arche^ manager for the AA
Board this year, and is an active
member of the Sociology Club. Her
major subject is sociology, and her
minor, history.
An English major and a history
minor from Durham, Peggy will
serve as president of the Senior
Class next year. While at Meredith
she has been a member of the Stu
dent Government Association, the
AA board, the Twig staff, the
nominating committee, the ensem
ble, and the Colton English Club,
"^ese girls were chosen on the
basis of Christian character, service
to the school, and constructive lead
ership. The Silver Shield is primarily
a service organization with its mem
bers working to serve th" purposes
and ideals of Meredith C5llege.
Peggy Wilkins
Mary Lou NIchoEs
Ceille Benton
Around 145
Seniors to Get
College Degree
Approximately 145 Meredith
seniors will receive degrees at the
graduation exercises on Monday
morning, June 5, at 10:30 in Jones
Auditorium.
Speakers Announced
The principal speakers for com
mencement week end, June 2-5,
will be the Reverend Josef Nor-
denhaug — Th.M., Ph.D., General
Secretary of the Baptist World Al
liance, who will give the baccalaure
ate sermon Sunday morning at
11:00 — and Dr. Henry Steele
Commager, professor of history and
American studies at Amherst Col
lege, will deliver the baccalaureate
address on Monday.
Activities Begin Jane 2
Commencement week end will
begin with the senior class dinner
on Friday night, June 2. On the
following day, activities will Include
the annual meetings of Kappa Nu
Sigma, the Silver Shield, and the
Alumnae Association. President
Lois Morgan Overby will preside
over the Alumnae Association
meeting, and Dr. Ruth Vande Kieft
of Grand Rapids, Michigan, wiU be
the speaker. After the Alumnae
Luncheon, Class Day exercises will
be held in the court. Climaxing the
day’s activities will be the annual
graduation recital.
Sunday activities, in addition to
the baccalaureate sermon, will in
clude a buffet supper for seniors
and parents and senior vespers
afterward.
SENIOR IS NEW
MISS RALEIGH
Of ten entrants in the 1961 Miss
Raleigh Contest held at Josephus.
Daniels Junior High School Friday,
May 19, Gail Newton, vivacious
Meredith senior, was selected by
the judges for the title.
In a series of appearances during
the evening, Gail revealed beauty,
talent, poise, and intelligence. She
appeared first with the other con
testants in the bathing suit division,
then in the talent division for which
she played Chopin’s “Revolutionary
Etude” on the piano, For her ap
pearance in tlie evening dress di
vision she wore a light blue or
ganza gown which accentuated her
sparkling blue eyes and dark hair.
Another Meredith student, Lynda
Copley, was voted first runner-up
in the contest. For her talent presen
tation she sang a selection from the
opera Carmen. Also entering the
contest were two other Meredith
girls — Sandi Stanley, a junior, and
Nancy Evans, a freshman. Sandi
sang Arditi’s “II Bacio,” and Nancy
sang and danced to “I Can’t Say
No” from the show Oklahoma.
The girls enjoyed various func
tions prior to the contest, including
a dinner with the Jaycees, television
appearances, and a luncheon on th&
afternoon of the contest which was
attended by Miss America, Nancy
Ann Fleming; Miss North Carolina,
Ann Herring; Raleigh Mayor,
W. G. Enloe; and the judges.
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