EXAMS ARE
HERE!
THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
GOOD
LUCK
Volume XXXVIJf
MER2DITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., JANUARY 19, 196^
No. 6
Dean L A. Peacock
Attends Convention
On January 9 the Eighteenth An>
nual Meeting of Academic Deans
was called to order in the West Ball
room of the Sheraton-Cleveland Ho
tel in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. L. A.
Peacock, Dean of Meredith College,
represented the college at this con
vention. The purpose of the con
ference was to provide opportunity
for academic deans of liberal arts
colleges to n^eet together, to share
their experiences to exchange views,
and to discuss problems with which
the office of the dean is chiefly con
cerned.
Following registration on January
8 and 9, there were .addresses from
Dean Jose Chaves, Ph.D., of the
University of Andes, Bogota, Co
lombia, and Dr. Arturo Rosen-
bleut, M.D., Director of the Na
tional Polytechnical Institute of
Mexico.
The general session was ad
journed at 5.00 after a business
meeting, followed by an executive
committee meeting.
On January 10, the conference
of Association of' American Col
leges met in. the same hotel for the
chief purpose of discussing inter
national and foreign schooUng. At
the dinner meeting, Chester Bowles,
President John F. Kennedy’s wan
dering ambassador in the Far East,
spoke to the group on the over-seas
program and foreign policy.
The meeting was adjourned on
January 11, and Dean Peacock re
turned to Raleigh on January 12.
Farm^ Twig Editor
Speaks in Cfcapel
Miss Mary Ann Brown, a former
editor of the Twig, visited our
campus January 15, Mary Ann,
who was graduated with the class
of 1960, was an outstanding student
at Meredith, participating in nu
merous extra-curricular and honor
organizations among which were
Kappa Nu Sigma, Silver Shield, and
Who’s Who.
Mary Aim, who came to speak
to us under the auspices of Kappa
Nu Sigma, is furthering her study
at the University of North Carolina,
where she is studying for the degree
(Continued od page 3)
Dr. Campbell NX^ill Address Graduating Seniors
Semester Exams
Begin Tomorrow
Examinations for first semester
will begin at 9:00 a.m. on Satur
day, January 20, and will end at
11:00 a.m. on Friday, January 26.
Preceding the examination period
will be reading day, Friday, January
19. This was added last year as an
experiment to give students ample
time to prepare for their exams. It
proved to be successful and will
again be observed this year. Read
ing day also gives the faculty and
administration an extra day in
which to grade papers and complete
records.
Student-faculty teas, which have
been a part of exam week in years
past, will again be given on Mon
day, Tuesday, and Wednesday,
January 22-24. They will be held
(Continued on page 3)
EXAMINATION SCHEDULE
lANUARY 19-26, 1962
Class Hour
TTS 8:30
ITS 9:30
TTS 11:00
ITS 12:00
TTS 2:00
MWF 11K)0
MWF 12:00
MWF 2:00
MWF 3:00
MWF 8:30
MWF 9:30
Thnc of feiamin^ons
Saturday, Jan. 20 9:00 a.m.
Saturday, Jan. 20 2:00 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 22 9:00 a.m.
Monday, Jan. 12 2:00 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 23 9:00 a.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 23 2H)0 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 24 9:00 a.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 24 2:00 p.m.
Thuisday, Jan. 25 9:00 a.m.
TIiureday, Jan. 25 2;00 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 26 9:00 p.m.
INSTRUCTORS WHOSE CLASSES MEET FIVE DAYS A WEEK MAY
CHOOSE EITHER DAY’S SCHEDULE.
In an cidlege-credit courses an examination covering the work of the semes
ter will be s^ven. Hie examination period Is two hours in length, with an ad
ditional fifteen minutes allowed for the re-reading and completion of papers.
Examinations id applied musk will be scheduled by the Music Department
during the examination week.
No changes In schedule will be made without advance agreement between
the instructor and the Dean. Conflicts in tbc schedule sbouid Ik reported in
the office of the Dean immediately.”
Annual Religious Emphasis Week to Include
Varied Program Presented By Seven Leaders
“Invitation to Pilgrimage” will be
the theme of the annual Meredith
College Religious Emphasis Week
which will be held February 12-16.
General plans for the week have
been formulated under the chair
manship of Beth Woodall and vari
ous committcc chairmen are at work
on ihe various phases of the pro
gram.
Dr. McCollough To Be
Main Speaker
Main speaker for the week will
be Dr. Tom McCollough, who is at
present a visiting professor at Duke
University. Dr. D. W- White of the
Duke religion department, Mr.
Vimce Barrow, minister of First
Presbyterian Church in Chapel Hill;
Mrs. James Counsler, wife of direc
tor of the BSU at the University
of North Carolina; Dr. Warren
Ashby of the department of phi
losophy at Woman’s College; Don
Niswonger, assitant pastor at First
Baptist-Church in Raleigh and pas
tor advisor for the Meredith BSU
council; and Bill Smith, an asso
ciate in the department of student
Dr. Randall Stewart to Discuss
American Literature at Forum
The next forum of the Baptist
Student Union will be presented the
first week of second semester on
Wednesday evening, January 31.
Dr. Randall Stewart, author and
lecturer, will be speaker not only
for the forum but also for the chapel
service Wednesday morning.
Now head of the department of
English at Vanderbilt University, Dr.
Stewart also did his undergraduate
work ther^. He received his Master
of Arts degree -from Harvard Uni
versity and his Doctor of Philosophy
degree from Yale, then spent eight
een years, from 1937 to 1955, as
a member of the English Depart
ment of Bicwn University before
returning to his native Tennessee in
1955.
Dr. Stewart’s works include a
biography of Nathaniel Hawthorne,
the editing of Hawthorne's note
books, and a book of criticism,
American Literature and Christian
Doctrine.
His topic for discussion at Mere-
Dr. Randal) Stewart
dith will be “Doctrines of Man in
American Literature.*' The forum
will be presented at seven o'clock
in the evening in 103 Joyner Hall,
with the lecture by Dr. Stewart fol
lowed by open discussion.
work for the State Baptist Conven
tion will also be leaders during the
week.
Morning Perspective To Open
Each Day
On cach morning, Monday
through Friday, morning perspec
tive will be held at 7:50 a.m. in the
Rose Parlor at which time Mr. Smith
will speak and lead the discussion.
“Invitation to Pilgrimage,” a
journey of the mind and soul into
areas of theology and religion, will
be the general subject of the morn
ing chapel services. Dr. McCollough
•will present this series and the Mere
dith College chrous will present spe
cial music under the direction of
Miss Beatrice Donley.
Seminar.s To Concern
Various Topics
The evening seminar sessions
which will be held from 7 to 8
o’clock Monday through Thursday
evenings will concern a variety of
topics —Christianity and Contem
porary Literature led by Dr. White,
Christianity - So What! led by Dr.
McCollough, War and Peace led by
Mr. Barrow, and Christian Ethics
led by Mrs. Counsler. These semi
nars will meet in the Johnson Hall
and Vann parlors. Speakers will ro
tate while the groups remain sta
tionary so that everyone can cover
all the topics and hear each speaker.
In the Hut Monday through
Thursday from 1 until 2 p.m. a
discussion group led by Mr. Nis
wonger will be held for the day stu
dents. A faculty seminar led by Dr.
Ashby will be held Monday and
Tuesday nights.
Monday evening, speakers and
faculty members will provide en
tertainment for an informal party
which will be held in Society Hall.
Raleigh ministers, faculty, adminis
tration, and students will also be
invited to meet the speakers for
the week at an informal tea
Wednesday afternoon from 4:30 to
5:30 p.m.
Books To Be Displayed In Library
Books meaningful to Christian
life and thought will be displayed
by the Baptist Book Store during
the week in the library where they
can be purchased.
Committee chairmen are as fol
lows: worship, Celia Caldwell; pro
gram, Karen Roberts and Barbara
Blanchard; student seminars, Linda
Baxter; faculty seminars, Joyce
Tripp; publicity, Jean Knight;
social, Rachel Lowe; arrangements,
Ellen McPhaul; music, Jean Tale;
books, Carol Christian; hospitality,
Mary Lou Nichols; and day stu
dents, Claburn Anne Barbee. A new
committee, the steering committee,
has been added this year which will
act in an advisory capacity to the
chairmen, Beth Woodall, and to
Meredith’s director of religious ac
tivities, Mrs. Miriam Prichard, who
is working closely with Miss
Woodall in making plans for the
week.
ENGLISH CLUB CHAPEL SPEAKER
GIVES HISTORY OF FOLKSONG
Dr. Arthur Palmer Hudson, a pro
fessor of English at the University of
North Carolina, visited the Mere
dith campus Tuesday; January 16, to
speak at chapel time on the interest
ing five hundred year unwritten his
tory of a folksong. Dr. Hudson, who
came to us by invitation of the Col
ton English Gub, has studied the
field of folklore enthusiastically.
His patient search for traditional
bits of folklore, his untiring study
of the history of these songs and
proverbs, and his innate love of and
mterest in the folklore of our nation
have proved Dr. Hudson to be an
authority on the subject. WhUe he
unlocked the intri^iog past of one
folk song, interestingly titled “Perry
Merry Dictum Domini,” one began
to see the way that a song grows
through traditional use over many
years. After Dr, Hudson had con
cluded his speech, Mr. Shellans, a
former student of Dr. Hudson, and
now a member of the faculty at Saint
Mary’s Junior College, sang the song
the story of which had been told by
Dr. Hudson. As the student body
left chapel with the strains of the
guitar and the soft notes of the folk
song fading in their ears, it felt as
if it had had a glimpse into the past
of our great country.
After chapel, the Colton English
Club honored Dr. Hudson and Mr.
Shellans at a coffee hour to which
the club members and the fac^ty
were invited.
Though it used to be the usual
practice at Meredith to hold January
graduation services for those stu
dents having completed work in their
candidacy for the Bachelor of Arts
degree a semester before the majoriW
of their classmates, this month will
witness the first of such exercises
held in several years. During the
years in which this early rite was
not the practice, it w^as customary
for those graduated early to return
for the June services.
However, witnessed by family
members and close friends, approxi
mately twenty-four seniors will re
ceive their diplomas in the ceremony
to take place in the small audito
rium of Jones Auditorium on
January 27. Dr. Carlyle Campbell
President of the college, will pre
side and deliver the major address.
On the Friday night before t(ie
graduation, the seniors will be en
tertained at a buffet dinner ‘given
in their honor by Dr. and Mrs.
Campbell.
BSU TO SPONSOR
WINTER RETREAT
WITH STATE BSU
On Friday afternoon, February
2, at 2 o’clock, Baptist Student
Union members from Meredith Col
lege and North Carolina State Col
lege will leave for a weekend re
treat, the main purpose of which
is to HAVE FUNl Their destina
tion will be Eagle Eyrie, assembly
grounds for Virginia Baptists. Lo
cated about ten miles from Lynch
burg, on a mountaintop, Eagle
Eyrie, so named for it situation,
affords, excellent accommodations in
the way of dwellings, meeting places,
and view of the surrounding moun
tains and valleys; ahnost aU of the
buildings there have been completed
within the pak’ ten years.
Besides having a good time, the
B.S.U.’ers will include a study of
worship — motives, methods, etc.,
for it — in their activities. “Cooks-
for-thc-weekend” will be Barbara
Stewart of Meredith and Chris Fin
ley of State.
Members of the B.S.U. at State
will furnish transportation, for the
retreat. Steven dollars will cover all
the expenses of ^he >yeekend, in
cluding food, lodging, etc. At twelve
o’clock noon on Sunday, February
4, the trip back to Raleigh will be
gin. All Meredith students are eligi
ble to participate in this retreat;
anyone interested should either sign
the poster in the Post Office or see
Hilda Maness.
String Quartet
To Play Tonight
On January 19, the Chamber
Music Series will present the Hun
garian String Quartet. A favorite of
Raleigh audiences, these world re
nown performers will present a pro
gram in Jones Auditorium on
January 19, Friday night!
Max Smith, organist, will present
a recital on Tuesday, January 23.
Sponsored by the local chapter of
the American Guild of Organists,
the program will be given in Recital
Hall in Jones Hall. Mr. Smith, on a
one year leave of absence from
Southeastern Seminary, Wake For
est, is doing graduate work at Union
Theological Seminary in New York
City.
The public is invited to both of
the concern. Curtain time is 8:00
p.m.