Raleigh, North Carolina
THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students oj Meredith .College
VOLUME XXXVITI
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., MAY 21, 1964
No, 16
Meredith Graduation Exercises Include
Class Activity, Socials, and Speeches
Leake and Gentry Announce
Counselors for Coming Year
The Meredith College commence
ment program will begin on Satur
day, May 30. The sophomore class
will begin the day by picking daisies
for the traditional daisy chain. At
9:30 a.m., there will be a meeting
of Kappa Nu Sigma, which will be
followed by a meeting of the Alum
nae Association. Dr. Patricia Sma-
thers of Chapel Hill will address
the group. Following the meeting,
the alumnae will proceed to the
school cafeteria for lunch.
Class Day
Open House will be held in the
Mae Grimmer House at 2:30 and
will be followed by Class Day Exer
cises at 4:30. The seniors will march
into the court where they will be sung
to by the sophomore class. The little
sister class will carry the daisy
chain, which they will have made
earlier in the day. They will then
procccd to the front of Johnson Hall,
where they will form a ’64 and sing
to their big sisters.
In the evening, the Meredith Col
lege Chorus, under the direction of
Miss Beatrice Donley, will give a
concert at 8:00. Following the con
cert, there will be a meeting of the
Silver Shield.
Sunday Activities
On Sunday, May 31, the Bacca
laureate Sermon will be held at
11:00. The Reverend Carlyle Mar-
ney, minister of Myers Park Baptist
Church in Charlotte, will speak. At
'4:30 on Sunday afternoon, a recital
^'for organ and strings will be given
Counselors for incoming students
for the 1964-65 school year have
been chosen by Miss Leake, As
sistant Dean of Students, and Robin
Gentry, Chief Counselor. These
girls, mostly from the rising sopho
more class, were choscn on the basis
of recommendations from their own
counselors, their faculty advisors, the
Dean of Students, and the Chief
Counselor. The girls must be on
eligibility to serve. Each girl will
have a group of six or seven incom
ing students. They will help through
out Orientation as well as in counsel
meetings during the year. The new
counselors have elected Julia Bragg
their secretary.
Counselors Named
, The girls who will serve as coun-
Meredith seniors prepare for the last walk on lune 1.
by Mr. Stephen Young. The recital
will be followed by a tea for seniors
and their parents. Senior vespers at
6:30 will finish Sunday’s activities.
On Monday, June 1, at 10:30, the
commencement address will be giv
en. The Reverend George A. But-
trick, Professor, Garrett Theological
Seminary, Northwestern University,
will make the address.
All Meredith
Pays Tribute
To Campbell
On Wednesday evening, May 20,
at 8:00, the faculty, staff, trustees,
and student body of Meredith Col
lege honored Dr. Carlyle Campbell
in recognition of his twenty-five
years as president of the college.
The informal ceremony was held
in the newly completed Elva Bryan
Mclver Amphitheater.
Speakers
Appropriate remarks were made
by representatives of the college
community and by friends of the
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I selors for the incoming freshman
dormitory students are Anne Ash-
I burn, Nina Banner, Kay Barnes,
: Janie Bostic, Julia Bragg, Rachael
Brown, Martha Ann Buller, Retta
Clements, Leah Franklin, Rebecca
Grant, Carol Ann Griflin, Kay Hed
rick, Martha Henderson, Mary Beth
Hinkle, Janie Hocutt, Ann Huggins,
Beth King, Linda Laney, Sara.
League, Kay McCorkle, Jan Mc
Crary, Paula Marks, Rita Nurkin,
Diane Pritchard, Judy Ramsey,
; Nancy Roebuck, Mackie RudisiU,
; Martha Jay Staton, Merry Swanson,
Joan Thompson, and Linda Wright.
The counselors for the day student
freshmen are Janny Blalock and
Susan Grant. Those for the boarding
transfers are Mary Ann Britt and
Martha Plyler. Those for the day
student transfers are Fat Ennis and
Nancy Jones.
Class Gives Book
As Lewis Memorial
The sophomore class has pre
sented a book entitled Washington:
Capital City by Constance W. Green
to the Meredith College library.
This book is being placed in the
library in memory of Temple Lewis,
the late president of the sophomore
class. Temple died in an automobile
accident in January of this year. Miss
Hazel Baity, the librarian, has or
dered the book which will be placed
in the library upon arrival.
Tilley Writes
Church Text
And Devotions
Dr. Ethel Tilley, of the psychology
• and philosophy department at Mere
dith, has recently written a textbook,
He Was Called Jesus, for use of
juniors in vocational church schools.
The text is published by West
minster Press for the Division of
Christian Education of National
Council of Churches. This work is
the revision of another textbook
published by Dr. Tilley in 1958.
Author of Devotions
A teacher and pupil quarterly for
juniors also written by Dr. Tilley,
is being used by the United Presby
terian Church and the United Church
of Christ. The selection for June 2
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N. C. Fund Selects
Meredith Students
Two Meredith students, Sandra
Butler, a senior, and Nancy Ehle,
a freshman, have been selected to
work under the auspices of the
North Carolina fund this summer.
This Fund has been termed as the
Peace Corps of North Carolina and
is a creation of Governor Terry
Sanford. There were approximately
a thousand applicants for this work
with a group of a hundred being
chosen. Next summer, it is hoped
that there can be five hundred open
ings to be filled.
The group this summer will travel
to Duke University June 18 for a
five-day training session. Following
this preparation, the students will
be divided into different groups,
which will go to ten underprivileged
areas in the state and help the people
dircctly.
Christian Studies School Is June 15-19
The Meredith School of Christian
Studies will be held Monday-Friday,
June 15-19, 1964. During the week
there will be lectures, special guided
tours, and afternoon recreation
available.
Three speakers will lecture
Meredifh BSU Elects '64^65 Officers;
Finlator and Crook Chosen to be Advisors
m
and Adjunct Professor at Union
Theological Seminary, will speak
on “Crucial Issues in World Mis
sion.” He received his Th.M De
gree at Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary and his Ph.D. at Yale Di
vinity School. He was a missionary
The Meredith College B.S.U. has
elected new officers for the coming
year. They are Mary Ann Ainsley,
president; Marshall Moore, vice-
president; Bonnie Noel, secretary;
Willa Robinson, treasurer; Rachel
Owen, social chairman; Susan Grant,
LISTEN chairman; Janet Brown,
publicity chairman; Nancy McClen-
ny, publicity artist; Carol May, pro
gram chairman. The Reverend
W. W. Finlator, pastor of PulJen
Memorial Baptist Church, was
chosen pastor advisor, and Dr. Roger
H. Crook, of the Meredith religion
department, was choscn faculty
advisor.
PrC‘SchooI Retreat
Currently the B. S. U. is making
plans for the annual pre-school re
treat, September 9-13, at the North
Carolina Baptist Assembly at South
port. Dr. Edward Farley, professor
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MOVIE
Saturday, May 23
7:30 p.m.
“High Society’*
Joseph Haroutuniun
throughout the week. Dr. Joseph
Haroutunian, professor at the Di
vinity School of the University of
Chicago, will lead the theme “The
Presence of God with us.” He is
originally from Marash, Turkey and
studied at the American University
in Beruit. He received his B.D. de
gree at Union Theological Seminary
and his Ph.D. from Columbia Uni
versity. He has received three hon
orary Doctor of Divinity degrees.
Missionary To Speak
Dr. Herbert C. Jackson. Director
of the Missionary Research Library
Carolina Presbyterian Synod; Claude
partmcni of Religion, Meredith;
Olin T. Binkley, President, South
eastern Baptist Theological Semi
nary; Carlyle Campbell, President,
Meredith College; Harold J. Dud
ley, Executive Secretary, North
Herbert C. Jackson
in India for six years and traveled
in Asia for one year.
Professor and Director of Studies
at Union Theological Seminary, Dr.
Robert T. Handy, received degrees
at Brown University, Colgate Ro
chester Divinity School, and the
University of Chicago. He will lec
ture on “The American Experience
and the Understanding of the
Gospel.”
The program committee for the
School is as follows: Ralph E. Mc
Lain, Chairman; Chairman of Dc-
F. Gaddy, Raleigh; Richard H.
Robert T. Handy
Baker, Bishop of Episcopal Diocese
of North Carolina; and Carlton S.
Prickett, Minister, First Baptist
Church, Burlington.
Christian Century Article
Dr. McLain remarked that he
wants everyone to know about the
school and that an article in Chris
tian Century, July II, 1962, issue
on page 858, might be helpful to
those interested in attending.
Dormitory rooms and meals will
be arranged on campus for a small
fee.