THE TWIG
f^ewspaper of the Students of Meredith CoUegc
VOLUME XXXVIII MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., MAY 7, 1964 No. 15
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College Names Speakers
Society presidents, Ellen Macintosh and Weezie Allea, will prs«nt literary awards,
Annual Awards
Will Be Given
Friday, May 8
Meredith College will hold its an
nual Awards Day on May 8 during
the chapel period.
The Astrotekton and Philaretian
Societies will wear their respec
tive colors, yellow and purple, on
this day and sit as two groups. The
program will open with Marie-
Louise Allen, Philaretian president,
reading the Scripture, and Ellen
Macintosh, Astrotekton president,
giving the Welcome.
The following awards will then
be presented on that day: the Phi
laretian Literary Award given by
Marie-Louise Allen; the Astrotek*
ton Literary Award by Ellen Mac
intosh; the Ida Foteat Art Award
by Barbara Jean Koch; the Educa
tion Department Award by Dr.
Jeffries and Hill
To Hold Art Sale
Mrs. Lucy Jefferies and Miss Hill
will hold an art sale May 16 at
their home near Raleigh. The pro
ceeds will help finance a project
which will take them to a nine-
room house in Winston - Salem.
There they will paint “for the sake
of painting.”
Their Raleigh home, where the
May 16 sale will be held, is twelve
miles outside of Raleigh on Honey
cutt Road, between Six Forks Road
and the Falls of Neuse Road. The
sale will be open to the public.
D. R. Reveley; the Independent
Reading Award by Peggy Pruitt;
the Hubbell Writing Award by the
president of the Creative Writing
Club, Sandra Butler; the Sigma Al
pha Iota Professional Music Fra
ternity Award by the president of
Editor’s note: The following ar*
tide was sent to THE TWIG to be
presented to the student body of
Meredith College.
What is its purpose? To raise
$230,000 as North Carolina’s part
towards the building of a library
in honor of the late President
that fraternity, Carol Lloyd; the
Horsemanship Trophy by Jerry Lou
Holbert, president of the Hoofprint
Club; Best All Around Athlete by
Martha House; Monogram Awards
and Society Cup by Mary Ellen
(Cootioued oo page 6)
John F. Kennedy.
Are contributions tax deductible?
Definitely yes — rulings have been
obtained from both State and Fed
eral revenue officials.
To whom should checks be made
payable? To “Kennedy Library
Fund.”
To whom should checks be
mailed? To Charles A. Poe, Wake
County Chairman, Insurance Build
ing, Raleigh. Or to the Governor’s
office, which is the address shown
on the coupon attached to the cam
paign pamphlet. (Where soliciting
from a large group of which you
are a member, you may get better
results by requesting them to turn
over all contributions to you, which
you can then forward to Charles A.
Poe, P. O. Box 2454, Raleigh.)
Amount of Donations
How much should we request?
Any amount from $1 up will be
appreciated. However, it is sug
gested that you seek $10 donations,
since that amount will entitle a
donor to a ticket to the big cele
bration in Kenan Stadium May 17,
where the featured speaker will be
the famous Dr. Billy Graham. Each
parent with a $10 ticket is also en
titled 10 a free ticket for one child
15 years old or younger (which
ticket will be stamped “CHILD”).
All tickets are reserved seats.
What is the time and place of
the ceremony? 3 p.m. Sunday, May
17, in Kenan Stadium, Chapel Hill,
N. C. In addition to Dr. Billy Gra
ham, the United States Marine Band
has been invited as well as Mrs.
Jackie Kennedy.
How will tickets be obtained?
They will be mailed by Charles A.
Poe, Wake County Chairman (or
by the Governor’s office, depend
ing upon where the check is
mailed), and will be sent to the
name and address appearing on the
check, unless otherwise instructed.
The donor should indicate on the
check whether a free child’s ticket
is requested.
Cash Donations Are Preferred
What about cash donations? In
order to avoid pilferage from the
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Two speakers. Dr. Carlyle Mar-
ney and George Arthur Butterick,
have been asked to deliver ad
dresses during graduation exercises.
Dr. Marney will present the bac
calaureate sermon Sunday, May 31.
Mr. Butterick will deliver the
graduation address on June 1.
Dr. Carlyle Marney, a native of
Tennessee, is serving now as senior
minister at Myers Park Baptist
CHiurch in Charlotte, N. C. Marney
received his A.B. degree from Car-
son-Newman College and his Th.D.
from Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary. He has served on study
committees of the World Council of
Churches. He is a trustee for the
Christian Century and Mars Hill
College. Dr. Marney was pastor at
First Baptist Church in Austin,
Texas, for ten years. While there,
y/?C Students
To Meet May 13
The Young Republicans Club
will meet May 13, in 103 Joyner,
at 7:00 p.m. There will be a
speaker whose name will be an
nounced later. Refreshments will be
served, and everyone interested is
invited to attend.
The Meredith YRC was or
ganized April 14, at which time the
constitution and bylaws were ap
proved. Mrs. Simmons of the eco
nomics department was asked to
be sponsor. The following officers
were elected: Sue Lynn Teachey,
president; Phyllis Duncan, vice-
president; Pat Pegrara, treasurer;
and Barbara Koch, secretary.
Science Group
Will Convene
At Davidson
The North Carolina Academy of
Science will meet at Davidson Col
lege, Davidson, North Carolina, on
May 8-9, 1964. Dr. John Yar
brough, head of the biology depart
ment at Meredith, will preside over
the meetings. He has been secre-
tary-treasurer of the organization
for twelve years.
The Collegiate Academy for un
dergraduate students will be meet
ing at the same time. Senior Mere
dith day student, Sandra Sessoms,
will present a scientific paper at
that time.
Also attending from Meredith
will be Dr. Mary Yarbrough, head
of the chemistry department.
Group to Hear
Johnson Speak
On May 23, Dr. Mary Lynch
Johnson and Miss Mae Grimmer
will attend the meeting of the
Greensboro Chapter of the Mere
dith Alumnae Association. Dr. John
son will speak to the group on what
makes Meredith distinctive.
On April 25, Dr. Johnson spoke
to the South Carolioa Chapter of
the Meredith Alumnae Association.
Mrs. Margaret Morris, the alum
nae secretary - elect, accompanied
Dr. Johnson to Columbia, South
Carolina, where the meeting was
held.
he also served as Professor of Chris
tian Ethics at Austin Presbyterian
Seminary. He has served as a
special lecturer at Southern Method
ist University, Texas Christian Uni
versity, ana at Austin College.
In 1957, Dr. Marney spoke at
the Meredith School of Christian
Studies. He has also spoken on the
campuses of Harvard, Yale, and
Duke. He has traveled in South
America, Alaska, Korea, and Ja
pan. Dr. Marney is the author of
several books, Faith in Conflict and
Beggars in Velvet, and his sermons
have appeared in a collection. Dr.
Marney is married and has two
daughters.
Butterick Is Author and Lecturer
George Arthur Butterick was
born and educated in England.
Since 1915, he has preached, taught,
and lectured in Amcrica. He holds
honorary degrees from Yale, Prince
ton, Miami, Hamilton, and Colom
bia. In 1951-52, Mr. Butterick cir
cled the gloije as the Joseph Cook
Lecturer for the Foreign Mission
Board of the Presbyterian Church.
He is general editor of the fnier-
preter's Bible scries and the Inter
preter’s Dictionary oj the Bible.
Mr. Butterick is the author of Pa
rades oj Jesus, Jesus Came Preach
ing, Prayer, and Christ and Man's
Dilemma.
He has been long-time pastor at
New York’s Madison Avenue Pres
byterian Church. In 1955, Mr. But-
terick was named preacher at Har
vard University and professor of
Christian morals where he still
serves. He spoke at the Meredith
School of Christian Studies in 1958.
College Calendar
May 7 — Society Dinner^ Dining
Hall, 6 p.m. Astros in Society Hall
and Phis in Hut, 7 p.m.
May 8 Evans Art Exhibit in
Joyner Art Gallery, 7:30 p.m.
May 9 — June Whitley, Recital*
Auditorium, 8 p.m.
May 11 — AA, MCA, SGA
Boards, 7 p.m. Carol Lloyd, Organ
Recital, Small Auditoriumi 8 p.m.
May 12 — Student League of
Women Voters, 7 p.m. History De
partment, 103 Joyner, 7 p.m. Mr.
Blanchard, Recital, Aoditoriom, 8
p.m.
May 13 — Faculty Dinner,
YMCA, 7 p.m. YWA, Poteat Rec
Room, 7 p.m. YRC, 103 Joyner,
7 p.m. YDC, Hunter Lecture Room
7 p.m.
May 14 — IRC, Poteat Rec
Room, 7 p.m. Touiorrow’s Business
Women, Hut, 7 p.m. Elizabeth Hol
land, Recital, Auditorium, 8 p.m.
May 15 — Geneva Barnhill and
Ginger Brown, Recital, Small Audi
torium, 8 p.m.
May 16 — Movie, Auditorium,
7 p.m.
May 18 — AA, MCA, SGA
Boards, 7 p.m. Elizabeth Vestal and
Mary Raver, Recital, Small Audi
torium, 8 p.m.
May 19 — Coltoa English Clab,
Joyner Lounge, 4:30 p.m. Coun*
selors, Faculty Parlor, 7 p.m. NEA,
Hut, 7 p.m. Jane W. SiUlivan, Re
cital, Auditorium, 8 pjn*
Queen Sara and Maid Nancy
Reign Over May Festivities
May Queca, Sara Gwyo Bryan, and Maid of Hobm', Nancy Evans, reign over
•onual actlvlHw. See page foar.
Graham, Marine Band to Be
At JFK Library Ceremony