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Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XXXVM
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., NOVEMBER 17, 1961
No. 4
Thrf.T. Attend CLASSES VIE FOR STUNT TONIGHT
Virginia Retreat
During Holidays
During the Thanksgiving holidays
150 students from all around the
world will experience a fellowship
that will band closely together race
and creed in a common striving for
understanding. Under the title
“International Student Retreat,’
students from North Carolina and
Virginia campuscs will meet ir
Williamsburg, Virginia.
Group Will Hear Three Speakers
Three outstanding speakers, a
theologian, Dr. Eric Rust; a world
traveler, Mr. Bill Lawson; and a
political scientist, Dr. Daniel Grant
will address the students; and stu>
dents will have opportunity to speak
with and question the speakers. A
student from last year’s retreat re
ported, “The questions were cease
less."
Sightseeing Will Be Featured
The program features many high
lights. On Thanksgiving Day inter-
natibnal students will take part in
the observance of the day and in
the traditional Thanksgiving Dinner.
During the week, “extra curriculac”
activities include a tour of James
town and sightseeing in colonial
Williamsburg. International talent
night will be the feature of one eve
ning.
Three Students Will Represent
Meredith
State is sending twenty-two inter
national students, four adults, and
two American students. Meredith
has three international students
planning to attend: Canan Akkoc,
Turkey; Selma Darwish, Egypt; and
Verona Chow, China. Verona ex
pressed for all the group, “I’m so
excited, I could just die! 1 am ve^
anxious to meet the world here in
America.”
Stunt chairmeD—(from left to right) Rachcl Dai!«y, Ellen Mackintosh, Harriet
McLeod, and Barbara Blanchard—tag rope to prove their strength in Stunt.
Tonight the annual Stunt pro
gram will be presented in Jones
Auditorium at eight o’clock. Stunt
is sponsored each year by the Mere
dith Athletic Association and is a
student endeavor which is written,
directed, and performed by the stu
dents.
Restriclioits To Be Followed
Each of the original one-act skits
of the four classes is judged on
originality, plot, music, settings,
programs, acting, and appropriate
ness. There can only be one set
for each skit and themes of the
programs cannot consist of vaude
ville, musical comedies, or take-offs
on individuals.
The time limit for the freshmen
and seniors is twenty-five minutes
and thirty minutes for the sopho
mores and juniors. No class can
spend over sixty dollars in prepara
tion of its stunt.
The faculty committee which pre
viewed each stunt at its dress re
hearsal included Dean Louise E.
Fleming, Dr. Norma Rose, Miss
Velma Corsage, Mrs. Wilbux Mas
sey, and Miss Ellen Brewer.
Judges To Be Annoooced
Judges for Stunt are chosen by
secret ballot by the Athletic Asso
ciation Board. There • are three
judges from the Meredith faculty
and two judges from outside the
faculty. The names of these judges
are not revealed until the night of
Stunt.
Atkins To Preside
Delores “Pedunk” Atkins, presi
dent of the Athletic Association,
will preside at Stunt. The order of
presentation o! the skits will be
freshman, sophomore, junior, and
senior.
The presidents and stunt chair
men of the respective classes are
fre.‘>hman: Donna Dull, president,
and Harriet McLeod, stunt chair
man; sophomore: Mary Lyon Me-
Kenny, president, and Ellen Mack
intosh, stunt chairman; junior: Mary
Frances Carver, president, and Bar
bara Blanchard, stunt chairman;
senior: Peggy Wilkins, president,
and Rachel Dailey, stunt chairman.
The Meredith Ensemble, under
the direction of Miss Beatrice Don
ley, will entertain during the judges’
deliberation.
FILM OF MICHAELANGELO'S LIFE
TO BE SPONSORED BY ART CLUB
For those students and faculty
members who are interested in
spending a cultural and entertaining
evening, a motion picture entitled
The Titan is to be shown on Thurs
day, November 30, 1961, at 7:00
p.m. in Jones Auditorium. This
picture portrays the life of Michael-
angelo, one of the greatest sculptors
and painters of all time. For those
of you who have read the book
The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irv
ing Stone, this motion picture will
be especially significant, and for
those students who have not read
the book, a new interest which will
be inspired by the picture may
impel you to read the book. The
movie is in sound and is to be spon
sored by the Alpha Rho Tau Art
Club. It Is' furnished by the North
Carolina Museum of Art on the
stipulation that a large number of
students attend. Every person who
sees this picture is sure to enjoy it
as well as to profit culturally by it.
AA, BSU, SGA, Sponsor Series
Of Lectures by Mrs. Arnold Nash
On October 31 Mrs. Ethel M.
Nash, family life specialist at the
Bowman Gray School of Medicine
in Winston-Salem, began a series of
lectures dealing with marriage and
the family. These lectures are spon
sored by the three student organiza
tions on campus—the Student Gov
ernment, the Baptist Student Union,
and the Athletic Association. In the
series of four lecturcs, Mrs. Nash
has already spoken on “Personality
Assets for Marriage” and “Sexual
Sunrise Service
The annual Thanksgiving Sun>
rise Service at Meredith will be
held on Wednesday, November 22,
in he small auditorium, Jones
Hall. Beginning at six forty*five,
the service wilt be higliiighled by
a meditation given by Dr. Carlyle
CampbeU. Llewellyn Sours, so>
prauo, will preiient special music.
All students are Invited to attend
(lie service, a tradition at Meredith.
Student Government Council and Faculty
Choose Ten Seniors for Who’s Who
LIBRARY SPACE
IS INCREASED
.Changes are taking place all over
the campus, internally as well as
externally. The library, which has
long been overcrowded, is being re
modeled.
The upstairs room which was
previously used for the stacks and
storage is being converted. The
area has been divided into two un
equal parts. The larger section will
be used as an additional study room,
while the other area will be used
for the stacks. The entire room
will be well lighted and will have
a tile floor to decrease the noise.
The room should be available for
use in the near future.
Cille Benton, Anne Braswell,
Rachel Dailey, Mary Lou Nichols,
Nancy Ricker, Kathy Roberts, Mar
tha Stuckey, Pat Walston, Anne
White, and Peg^ Wilkins have been
chosen to be included in Who’s Who
in American Colleges and Universi
ties by the Student Government
Council and the faculty. They were
considered outstanding in scholar
ship, leadership, participation in
extracurricular and academic activi
ties, citizenship, service to the
school, and promise of future use
fulness to business and society.
Cille Weatherspoon Benton, ma
joring in primary education and
minoring in religion, is from Laurin-
burg and is vice-president of the
SO Council. She has served as a
freshman counselor, as treasurer of
the BSU and of the Astro Society,
and as hall proctor. She has been
a member of the Freeman Religion
Club, the Granddaughters’ 3ub,
and the Chorus, and was tapped in
to the Silver Shield last year.
Elizabeth Anne Braswell, chief
counselor this year and an English
major, is from Wadesboro. She has
served as freshman counselor and
as hall proctor. She has been a
member of the Colton English Club.
Rachcl Carolyn Dailey from
Jackson is an English major. She
has served as freshman counselor
and president of her class, and has
been a member of the English Club
and of The Twig and Acorn staffs.
Mary Louise Nichols from Jack
sonville, Florida, is a sociology ma
jor who has served on the AA board
and the SG Council and is a mem
ber of the Sociology Club, the Inter
national Relations Club, and Silver
Shield.
Nancy Eaton Ricker is a home
economics major from Charlotte.
She has served as president of her
class, secretary of SG» represent
ative to the Nominating Committee,
and president of SG. She is a mem
ber of the Home Economics Club
and of Silver Shield.
Martha Ann Stuckey, president of
Kappa Nu Sigma, is a history major
from Raleigh. She l\as served as a
freshman counselor, committee
chairman for Religious Emphasis
Week, and dorm president and is a
member of the International Rela
tions Club.
Florence Kathleen Roberts, also
from Raleigh, is president of the
Day Students. An elementary edu
cation major, she is a member o£
the NEA and the Monogram Club.
She has served as freshman counse
lor, secretary of the Day Students,
member of the SG Council, and
member of the AA Board.
Patricia May Walston, a piano
and music education major from
Nashville, North Carolina, served as
a freshman counselor, is president
of Faircloth Dorm, and is a member
of SG and Sigma Alpha Iota.
(Conlinued oo page 3)
Preparation for Marriage.” On
November 21, the topic will deal
with “Engagement-Dress Rehearsal
for Marriage,” and the final lecture
on November 28 will be “The Mar
riage Partnership.”
Mrs. Nash, a native of England,
came to the United States in 1939.
Before arriving here, she had at
tended the University of Liverpool,
where she received her B.A. degree
in history. She has also studied at
Yale University, and obtained her
M.A. degree in counseling and
guidance at the University of North
Carolina. In her present capacity
as family life specialist at Bowman
Gray, she lectures to medical stu
dents concerning family adjustment
and marriage counseling. She also
lectures at numerous colleges on
such topics as she is discussing at
Meredith.
Mrs. Nash is a member of the
American Association of Marriage
Counselors, the North Carolina
Family Life Council, and the Board
of Directors of National Family
Life. She has studied married coun
seling in Russia and received a
Howard Yen-Ching Foundation
grant to teach marriage counseling
in India.
Her own family includes two
sons. The older is involved in
graduate study and at the same time
is leaching at Harvard, and the
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SeiiioK chown for “Who’s Who” include (top row, left to riulK) Cille Benlon, Anne Braswell, ”*7 I-®"
Ni(-hols, Nancy KIckcr, (bottom row) Kalliy Roberts, Martha Stuckey, Pat Walston, Anne White, and Peggy Wilkins.