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THE TWIG ^ fl*-- J * ^ m M A . ) VOLUME XXXVIH Three Donations Are Received; Buildings. Named Tw€nly-onc members of the Board of 'I'riislccs approved the naming of three buildings, an amphitheater, and received several gifts to the col lege on Sept. 24. Named at the bi> annual session were a dormitory, to be known as Poteat Hail, and the infirmary, to be called Delia Dix Carroll Infirmary. A third building, which has not been constructed, will he called Carlyle Campbell Library. A gift of ten thousand dollars for a Steinway concert grand piano has been given to the college. Mrs. Walter W. Williams of Burlington, widow of a devoted Baptist sup porter, donated the gift. Within the past few months Mere dith has received two other dona tions, one for an anonymous figure, and the other an undetermined amount, of which Meredith has re ceived to date $45,000. The first, given by Mr. William Harold Trent- man, a member of the Board of Trustees, is in memory of his wife. Sarah Briggs Trentman, a 1931 graduate of Meredith, who died April 5, 1962. Mrs. Trentman, after receiving her A.B. degree here, went on to receive her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees at Cornell University. She served as head of the English de partment at Penn Hall Junior Col lege in Virginia until 1944, when she became acadcmic dean of the (Continued on page 6) Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C„ SEPTEMBER 26, 1963 Business Manager Olmstead Beqins Work; Three Other Administrative Posts Filled Mr. David Olmstead, new business manager, wHh Dr. Carlyle Campbell, and secretaries Faye F. Orders, Agnes W Johuson Margaret L. Johnson, and Virginia Scurboro. Atnes jonuson, College To Hear Danforth Lecture Dr. Hollis Summers, a poet, novelist, and author of short stories will be visiting the Meredith cam pus October 21-22 as a Danforth Visiting Lecturer. Dr. Summers has been recog nized as one of America’s most out standing contemporary writers. His poetry has appeared in over twenty major reviews and literary journals including Poetry, Sewannee Review and the Saturday Review of Litera ture. In addition, two volumes of his poems have been published. His short stories have appeared in Ac cent. Perspective, Quarterly Review History Department To Present Awards Lemmon Announces Dr. Sarah Lemmon, head of the history department has announced several awards to be given during the 1963-64 school year. The sophomore who prepares the most outstanding research paper in American history will rcceive the Alice Barnwell Keith Award. Dr. Keith, a member of the Meredith College history department from 1928 to 1962, will donate the first award, a book to be presented on Society Awards Day. This award v*'!!! be presented annually by the history department in tribute to Dr. Keith’s contribution to the collegc. Begun last year, an award to the junior history major with the high est over-all average is to be con tinued. This recognition, a year’s subscription to The Reporter Maga zine, was won last year by Ann Nooe. In the next few weeks, the winner for this year will be an nounced at a coffee hour to be held for all junior history majors. An award is to be given.to a freshman student for work in cur rent events, the details of which are to be announced later, according to Dr. Lemmon. Meredith Gains Six New Teachers; Diversified Hobbies Are Characteristic By NILEEN HUNT Six new faculty members in the fields of art, foreign language, ge ography, history, and music have joined the Meredith College faculty. Miss Anne Hill, a native of High Point came to Raleigh from Seattle, Washington, where she served as a librarian. She received her B.A. from UNC-G and her Master’s de gree from Columbia University. Miss Hill lists her hobby as junk collecting and "marathon talking” as her only active sport. One item in her “junk collection" is an Egyp tian necklace dating from 18 B.C., originally used for decoration in one of the layers of wrapping around a mummy. Miss Hill is teaching two sections of Art 243. Teaching geography is Vergean Birkin who received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Colorado in his home state. Mr. Birkin is married and has a son al most three years old. Activities which fill his leisure time are fish ing, ping-pong, and chess. Because of his interest in geography, Mr. Birkin is now working to obtain more globes, maps, and other ma terials that -re badly needed in the classrooms. Mr. Birkin stated that he would like to see new geography courses initiated because of the "shrinking” modern world and the need for conservation of resources. A Meredith graduate, Miss Caro lyn Barrington has joined the his tory department. A native of Fay etteville, she received an A.B. from Meredith and a M.A.T. from Duke. Prior to her return to the campus, Miss Barrington taught in the pub lic schools of Atlanta, Georgia. This year she will teach ancient, medie val, and freshman history classes and will supervise student history teachers. Miss Barrington expressed (Continued on piige 5) New members of the administra tive staff of the college began work at the opening of the 1963-64 fall : semester. These newcomers are Mr. David Olmstead, business man ager; Miss Judy McLamb, assistant dean of students; Mr. Addison Walker, director of religious ac tivities; and Mrs. Jean McNeal, sec retary to the registrar. Mr. Olmstead is from Cottondale, Alabama, and attended the Uni versity of Alabama where he re ceived his B.S. in accounting. Before coming to Meredith, Mr. Ohnstead was System Accountant for the North Carolina Board of Education located in Raleigh. He belongs to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the North Carolina Certified Public Ac countants Association. Mr. Olm- sccad is also a member of the Raleigh Junior Chamber of Com merce. Not confining his interests solely to civic activities, Mr. Olra- stead is also a sports enthusiast, enjoying basketball, baseball, and tennis. His interest in sports prompted him to accept the job of coaching the local Finch’s Little League Baseball team. Mr. Olm stead is married, and his wife tcaches art courses at Peace Col lege. The Olmsteads have two chil dren, Glenn and Varner. Joining the Dean of Student’s of fice staff is Miss Judy McLamb. A native of Benson, North Carolina, Miss McLamb is a Meredith gradu ate. While at Meredith, she was a member of Silver Shield, SGA, and the Philareiian Society. After re ceiving her degree from Meredith, she went to Southeastern Seminary where she received her BD. With a desire to travel, particularly to Scot land and Germany, she voices an interest in international students and international relations. Mr. Walker, whose home is Au gusta, Georgia, attended Mississippi (Continued on page 5) Dr. Hollis Summers of Literature and a number of other publications. Among the novels he has written are City Limit. Brighten the Corner, and The Weather of February. Dr. Summers has also had two other books published, Dis cussions of the Short Story and In troducing Literature. A native of Kentucky, Dr. Sum mers received his education at Georgetown College, His M.A. from the Bread Loaf School of Eng lish, and Ph.D. from the State Uni versity of Iowa. Since 1944 he has taught at Georgetown College, the University of Kentucky, and Ohio (Continued on page 6) Kappa Nu Sigma Inducts Five Girls In an annual meeting on June 1, the Kappa Nu Sigma Honor Society announced the acceptance of five new members. Among the members were graduating seniors Martha Ballou, Joan Brantly, and Brenda Bunn and rising seniors Ann Nooe and Nancy Jane Spencer. Only juniors and seniors are ad mitted into the society. They must have a scholastic standing of 2.4 quality points per semester hour which has been maintained over a period of at least two years. Nancy Jane Spencer, a gradu ate of Needham Broughton High School, has served as a freshman counselor, a member of the Stu dent Activities Board, assistant edi tor of the Acorn, Phi vice-president, and Phi marshal. She is majoring in history. Ann Nooe, graduate of Pittsboro High School, has served as a fresh man counselor, committeeman on (Continued on page 6) September 30 To October 4 To Be Rush Week; Program Includes Food, Entertainment and Boys , September 30 through October 4, has been designated as rush week for the two societies on the Meredith campus, the Astrotckton and the Philaretian. Each society is working hard to present a better rush than ever held. The steering committees of the so cieties for rush consist of the presi dent, vice-president, and sponsor. The president of the Astros is Ellen MacKintosh, vice-president, Sandra Searcy, and the sponsor, B. J. Yeager. Weezie Allen leads the Phis, Nancy Craig serves as vice- president, and Mrs. Helena Allen is the sponsor. The tentative schedule for rush has been released by the two so cieties. Monday, September 30, is to be Joint Day when the Phis en tertain the freshmen with a luau and the Astros will present the tradi tional wedding of Billy Astro and Astro Star. On Tuesday, which is Astro Day, this society will present a Supper Club at dinner followed by a pep rally later in the evening. The Phis, on Wednesday, which is Phi Day, will also present a Supper Club and will end the day with a hootenanny. Thursday Is Coopera tion Day when each society is silent. (Continued on page 5) Wheezic Allen (ceutcr Boolde EIlls, Margaret Slmmuns, Nancy Craig and Sandra Searcy, anticlpiUiag a good msb.
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