Meredith Coffegc Library
Raleigh, North Carolina
THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith CoUege
VOLUME XXXVIH
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., APRIL 30, 1964
No. 14
Library Fund Raisers Named;
Library Architect Sees Site
Dr. Carlyle Campbell, president
of the college, has appointed a cam'
pus committee to be in charge of
raistDjg funds for the library to be
built in the near future. Heading the
committee is Dr. Mary Lynch John
son, member of the English depart
ment, who also represents the faculty
in the project. Dr. Johnson will be
assisted by Mary Bland Josey, col*
lege registrar, who represents the
staff, and Pat Lay, senior sociology
major, representing the student body.
Dr. Sankey L. Blanton, public rela
tions director, stated that he is un
certain as to what plans the commit
tee has made at this time.
Architect’s Visit
In connection with the library
project, a library architect, Mr. Rus
sell Bailey, from Orange, Va., visited
the campus on April 24, to talk with
Miss Hazel Baity, college librariaD,
and other members of the adminis
tration. He was shown around the
classroom buildings and inspected
the proposed site for the library. At
this time he has not been commis
sioned to draw the plans; however.
Simmons to Do
Research at Duke
Mrs. Evelyn Simmons of the eco
nomics department will spend seven
weeks this summer as a visiting
scholar at Duke University to take
part in a f>eminar research program.
The group will consist of
ten economists from the south. Most
of the lime will be devoted to re
search with each scholar presenting
a seminar in his field. The project,
which will begin on June 15, is fi
nanced by the Ford Foundation.
Mrs. Simmons stated that this study
will not apply toward a degree, but
is concentrated on research tech
nique.
Mrs. Simmons will live at home
and commute to Durham in order to
keep up with her household duties.
Miss Baity stated that she was fa
vorably impressed by his knowledge
of what Meredith needs in a li
brary. She added that she hoped
(hat it would be possible to secure
his services in the planning of the
Carlyle Campbell Library.
Dr. Blanton, who also talked with
Mr. Bailey, said that he felt that
he was the man who should be
hired as the architect for the project.
Dr. Reveley Announces
Teaching Assignments
Dr. David Reveley of the depart
ment of education has announced
the assignments of the Meredith
girls who are doing their student
teaching in the schools in Raleigh
and the surrounding areas for the
spring semester.
At Frances Lacy Elementary
School, Pat Tupper, Frances How
ard, and Emmalee Warlick are
teaching the first grade, while Fran
ces McNairy is teaching sccond
grade. Brucie Tull and Louise Mil
ford have fifth grade and Virginia
Green the first grade at Emma
Conn. The A. B. Combs School
has Peggy Fish as a fifth-grade
teacher. Sandra Searcy Biggerstaff
teaches second grade at Eliza Pool,
and Margaret Houghton teaches
sixth grade at Sherwood Bates. Bar
bee Elementary School has accepted
Mary Shipp for the sixth grade and
Elizabeth Kidd for the third grade.
At J. Y. Joyner, Virginia Buckner
has the first grade, Millie Pearce
and Nancy Evans, the second grade,
Sandra Wallace, third grade, and
Sue Johnson, the fifth grade. Eliza
beth Godwin, with a second-grade
class, and Helen Simms, with a
third - grade class, are at Long
view Gardens. Murphy Elementary
School has Sylvia Cash in the third
grade and Harriet Sides in the fourth
grade. Joyce McMillan and Linda
Pierce are teaching second grade at
Myrtle Underwood. At Wiley Ele-
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College Plans Busy Hospitality Weekend
High school students who will be
attending Meredith College next fall
will be special guests of the college
during the week-end of May 2-3.
The visitors will attend specially
planned activities for Hospitality
Weekend as well as the traditional
May Day festivities. The week-end
also affords incoming freshmen the
opportunity to meet other new stu
dents and to become acquainted
with campus activities.
Robin Gentry, chief counselor for
1964-65, is in charge of plans for
Baird to Be "Doll (or Dan"
Junior, Nurmii Baird, wbo la Moore’s campus campaign manager, was recently
chosen “Doll for Dan," from a sroup of tbirtevD contestants. Selection was based
on poise and political int«est
Chief counselor, Robin Gentry talks with Margaret Simmons, student activities
board president, and counselor Nancy Jones about hospitality weekend plaas.
Library Gets Memorial Books;
Five Volumes Are Received
Miss Hazel Baity, collegc li
brarian, has announced that several
new books have been given to the
library. The books were presented
in memory of several persons who
were closely connected with the
college.
Dr. Alice Keith, past member of
the history department, and Dr. Lil
lian ParJcer Wallace, past head
of the history department, gave
volumes three and four of Arthur
Link’s Life oj Wilson to the librar>’.
These volumes were presented to
the library in memory of Dr. Samuel
Gayle Riley, past head of the Mere
dith history department. Riley was
a student of Woodrow Wilson when
Wilson taught at Princeton. The
fourth volume of this series, entitled
tVilson: Crises and Confusions, has
not yet been published, but will be
presented to the library as soon as
it is released.
Miss Mae Grimmer, retiring
alumnae secretary, has given a book
entitled Selected Poems by Vachel
Lindsay. Miss Grimmer presented
Williams Is Chosen
As Tulane Fellow
Gail Williams, a junior history
major, has received a Junior Fel
lowship for work toward an M.A.
degree at Tulane University. This
fellowship is offered by the Ford
Foundation and pays full tuition
plus $2,500 for living expenses for
one nine month school term and
the summer following, during which
time the thesis is to be finished.
Gail will complete an A.B. degree
at Meredith and will go to Tulane
in September 1965. She will do her
work in American history with a
related field in European history.
Gail first learned of the program
from Dr. Sarah Lemmon. She made
application in February after having
talked with a representative from
Tulane.
the book in memory of Dr. Win
gate M. Johnson, brother of Dr.
Mary Lynch Johnson, English De
partment head.
Two alumnae of Meredith, Misses
Minnie and Elizabeth Nash, pre
sented T. S. Eliot’s Collected Poems
1909-1962 in memory of Mrs.
Charles E. Brewer, mother of Miss
Ellen Brewer.
Miss Julia Ratchford, a Meredith
sophomore, presented to the library
a book in memory of Anita Temple
Lewis, the late president of the
sophomore class. The book is en
titled Matthew Fontaine Maury,
Scientist of the Sea by Frances
Leigh Williams. Julia felt this an
appropriate gift bccause Temple
loved the sea.
Jeffries' Paintings
Take Recent Honors
Mrs. Mackey Jeffries, a member
of the Meredith College art depart
ment has recently received two
awards for paintings shown in state
shows.
On April 12, she received the
Purchase Award from the Greens-
boro News Record for a painting
exhibited in the Associated Artists
of N. C. Exhibit in that town, which
was a juried show. The award was
for $250. Mrs. Jeffries’ painting will
become part of the permanent col
lection in the Weatherspoon Gallery
at UNC-G. She was one of three
artists to receive the award.
On April 24, with the opening of
the Cameron Village Sidewalk
Show, Mrs. Jeffries received one of
three $100 awards. Her painting was
entered in the Associated Artists of
N, C. Invitational section of the
exhibit. Only exhibiting members of
the association were Invited to par
ticipate in the professional section
of the show.
the weekend. Betsy Carlson is di
recting placement and Martha Hen
derson is serving as hostess. Fresh
men counselors for next year will
assist with the hospitality program
and will greet the visitors as they
arrive on campus.
Programs for May Day have been
designed by Weezie Allen, a senior
art major.
Registration will be held on
Saturday morning from nine o’clock
until twelve o’clock with lunch
served in the cafeteria from twelve
until one o'clock.
Special Activities
Activities planned for Saturday
afternoon prior to the May Day pro
gram include a horse show at the
college stables, a sidewalk art show
in front of the post office, and an
informal open house at the Ellen
Brewer Home Management House
to provide the opportunity for in
terested students to see the demon
stration house.
The May Day horse show, slated
to begin at one o’clock, will feature
an all-breed exhibition with horses
from Virginia and the Raleigh area.
Hunt-seat and saddle-seat classes,
with trophies going to the winners,
will be features of the afternoon.
Refreshments will be sold on the
stable grounds.
May Day festivities will begin at
four o’clock in the court with the
presentation of the court and a pro
gram by the modern dance classes.
Chorus Concert
A spring concert will be pre
sented on Saturday evening at eight
o’clock in Jones Auditorium. The
program for the Meredith College
Chorus will represent a wide variety
of literature from madrigals of the
sixteenth century composers through
the impressionistic composer De
bussy to present-day writers.
The program includes “Matonna,
Lovely Maiden,” by Orlando di
Lasso, “In These Delightful, Pleas
ant Groves” by Henry Purcell,
“Adieu, Sweet Amarlllia” by John
Willbye, and “How Merrily We
Live” by Michael Este.
Bach and Debussy
“The Sixth French Suite: Alle-
mande, Sarabande, Gavotte, and
Minuet” by Johann Sebastian Bach
will be a feature of the program.
“The Blessed Damozel” by Claude
Debussy will illustrate the lyric
poem.
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Robinson Replacetl
Because of Illness
Mrs. Ruth Robinson of the busi
ness department has re-entered Rex
Hospital for surgery. She will not
be teaching at Meredith for the rest
of the year. Mrs. Josephine M. Up
church, who has been substitute
teaching in local schools, will be
her replacement for the remainder
of the year.
Mrs. Robinson has been teach
ing at Meredith since 1953. She
taught typewriting, elementary and
advanced shorthand.
The annua] Big Sister-Little
Sister Brenlrfast wiil be held oo
Tuesday, May 5, nt 7:30. The
freshmen will entertain the Juniois
on the lawn of the Ellen Brewer
Home Management House. Joanna
Heims has been appointed (o act
as chairman for committee
planning the event.