THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XXXIX
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., SEPTEMBER 25, 1964
No. 1
Suzanne Bloch, Concert Lute Player
To Perform on Campus October 8
On October 8, the students of
Meredith College are invited to a
concert presented by Miss Suzanne
Bloch, who is an accomplished play
er of the lute, the virginals, and the
recorder. Her program will include
music from the Medieval and Ren
aissance periods, some of which
she will sing to the accompaniment
of her lute.
Leon Barzin’s orchestras. As a girl,
she took part in festivals in Eng
land playing her lute and even danc
ing. At present she is a soloist
•whose annual concert tours take her
coast-to-coast, to Canada, and
even to Europe. Miss Bloch is an
authority on music from the Shake
spearean period and appears in this
capacity at Shakespeare festivals,
The daughter of the late famous having also made an album of such
composer, Ernest Bloch, Suzanne
began her training as a pianist, turn
ing to early keyboard instruments
and composing in her teens.
Varied Experiences
At age nineteen, she won first
prize in a Paris contest for woman
composers. In recent years her
works have been performed in New
York by Leonard Bernstein’s and
Hinkle Earns
KNS Award
of Scholarship
Mary Beth Hinkle, a sophomore
at Meredith College, was informed
by the president of the Kappa Nu
Sigma this summer that she had
been awarded a one-hundrcd-dollar
scholarship by that organization.
She won this award by attaining
the highest average in the freshman
class last year.
Social Studies Major
Mary Beth is a social studies ma
jor from Winston-Salem. Her related
fields include German and educa
tion. During her freshman year,
Mary Beth attended IRC meetings
often. This year she is serving as
the treasurer of the sophomore class
and as a freshman counselor.
Mary Beth’s special interests in
clude the workings of the govern
ment and politics. She hopes to be
able to speak German fluently some
day and obtain a job in a foreign
embassy. Her fondest dream is to
“set up residence” in Europe.
music for Concert Hall Society.
Open to Public
Miss Bloch’s formal recital, to
be held at 8:00 p.m. in Jones Audi
torium, will be open to the public
and required for Meredith students.
In addition, there will be a lecture-
recital in the Recital Hall, Jones
Auditorium, at 5:00 p.m., October
7.
Mary Beth Hinkle
Oilier Winners
Past recipients of the Kappa Nu
Signia scholarship award have been
Carol May and Lelia Clinard. Carol
is a senior majoring in both English
and math. Lelia is pursuing her math
major at UNC—Chapel Hill.
New Students Join Meredith Community
On Wednesday, September 9, the
members of the incoming freshman
class and the transfer students be*
gan arriving on the Meredith cam
pus to begin their college education.
Upon arrival here, each freshman
and transfer registered in Johnson
Hall and was then shown to her
room by an upperclassman coun
selor. This proved to be a large
task for the counselors because
there were approximately two hun
dred and sixty freshmen arriving on
campus plus the influx of resident
transfers. Also, the freshman and
transfer day students had been in
vited to slay on campus for the
first three days of orientation week
as guests of the college.
Out-of-State Students
Many states, besides North Caro
lina, are represented in this year’s
freshman class. The largest num
ber of out-of-state students hail from
Virginia with a delegation of four
teen freshmen. South Carolina fol
lows with five students claiming it
as home. Other states represented
include Connecticut, Tennessee,
Georgia, Texas, Maryland, New Jer
sey, and Pennsylvania. Along with
the North Carolina girls the total
enrollment of the freshman class
exceeds two hundred and sixty.
Transfer students came from such
far away places as California,
Counselor Jan McCrary kelps incuming freshniiin Becky Eatman mov«
home.
China, and Germany. Such colleges
as Mary Baldwin, Wake Forest,
Wingate, Louisburg, Catawba, St.
Andrews, and Sullins are repre
sented by transfer students. The
transfer students number approxi
mately forty.
With the influx of the freshman
and transfer students, this brings the
total enrollment at Meredith Col
lege to approximately eight hun
dred and forty.
Rush to be Second Semesfer
Asiros and Phis Make Plans
Meredith College’s two societies,
the Astrotekton and the Philaretian,
have been working on plans for
rush. Although the societies voted
last year to delay rush until second
semester, a number of activities
have been and will be carried out
in order to get freshmen and trans
fers acquainted with the ideals and
projects of each society.
Societies Worked in Summer
According to Astro president
Betty Jo Steele and Phi president
Dr. Evelyn Duvall, Noted Marriage Counselor
To Speak at MCA Dinner and Forum Sept. 30
Dr. Evelyn Millis Duvall will be
on the Meredith campus Wednes
day, September 30, to hold a
forum on the topic “Campus Mo
rality: Sense and Nonsense about
Sex.” The forum is being sponsored,
jointly by the MCA, BSU, and the
Faculty Lecture Committee. Dr.'
Duvall, who is known to college
and high school students for her
book Facts of Life and Love, has
also written such textbooks as Fam
ily Living, IVfien You Marry, and
Being Married. An expert on family
relations, Dr. Duvall has written a
pioneer study, In-Laws: Pro and
Con.
Graduated “summa cum laude”
from Syracuse University, Dr. Du
vall received her Master’s degree
from Vanderbilt and her Ph.D. m
Human Development from the Uni
versity of Chicago. She is a member
of the American Association of
Marriage Counselors, the National
Council of Family Relations, the
Joint Department of Family Life,
and the National Council of the
Churches of Christ. In addition Dr.
Duvall is on the advisory board of
the Child Study Association of
America. Together with her hus
band she has held family life con
ferences and workshops around the
world, and she is in demand to
Dr. Evelyn DuVaii
speak before both youth and adult
groups.
Informal Meetings
Dr. Duvall will first speak tg
the student body during the chapel
period on September 30. During the
afternoon she will be available to
students who wish to talk to her
informally. A dinner meeting for
invited members of our campus
leadership and the administration
will be held at 5:30 p.m. in the
Hut at which time there will be a
discussion of moral problems facing
girls at Meredith. At 7:00 p.m. Dr.
Duvall will conclude her busy day
with the forum address to which
students of State, Shaw, St. Mary’s,
Peace, and St. Augustine’s have
been invited. Coffee hour will fol
low the forum.
Mrs. Hinsley has ordered fifty
copies of Mrs. Duvall’s book Sense
and Nonsense about Sex which will
be on sale in the Beehive.
Gardner Speaks
To YRC Group
The noted Republican figure,
Jim Gardner, spoke to the YRC on
his candidacy for Congress from the
fourth district. The meeting held at
5:00 p.m. on Thursday, Septem-
24, was atended by Meredith and
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Nancy Craig, committees worked
during the summer months sending
letters to new students, preparing
welcome posters to be displayed
during orientation, and making so
ciety symbols to be given to new
students during rush week.
No Rushing First Semester
During first semester there will; A Year in Hertford County
be no organized rush, such as group ’
singing or displaying of posters in-
Parramore Writes
Of Local History
In History Review
Mr. T. C. Parramore of the Mere
dith history department will have
an article published in the October
issue of the North Carolina His
torical Review. The article is en-
with Elkanah Watson.’
Mr. Parramore's hobby, the study
of local history, led him to investi
gate the life of this nineteenth-cen
tury American figure, Elkanah Wat
son, who resided in North Carolina
from 1786-1788. Mr. Watson, au
thor of Mer\ and Times oj the Revo
lution, was from Massachusetts and
was an acquaintance of Benjamin
Franklin. Mr. Parramore explains
that Watson’s career ranged from
participation in building the Erie
Canal to the organization of the first
agricultural or county fair. Of fur
ther interest to Mr. Parramore is
the fact that his home is only one
mile from the town in which Wat
son lived.
Mr. Parramore, after studying
Watson’s journals, has written the
article to give insight into the lat-
ter’s effect on North Carolina. Re
ported in the article is the influence
of Watson’s newspaper writing and
debating on the 1789 adoption of
the constitution by North Carolina.
Another of Mr. Parramore’s local
history articles will be published in
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viting students to join a particular
society. Instead, new students will
be allowed to attend the regular No
vember meeting of each society.
This new feature of rush is to allow
new students to observe the societies
in action and to become acquainted
with the girls in each society. A
social event sponsored jointly by
both societies is scheduled for Oc
tober. Although plans for this event
are not yet definite, tentative ideas
include either a folk music concert
or an afternoon of bridge with boys
from State.
Sned, Riley ChairmcR
Rush week will be held the first
full week after semester break. The
vice-presidents of the societies, Mar
cia Sned of the Astros and Judy
Riley of the Phis, will be in charge
of rush. This year rush will last four
days instead of five because of the
elimination of Quiet Day. Rush
week will includc Cooperation Day
on which both societies may rush.
Astro Day and Phi Day on which
only the specified society can rush,
and Decision Day on which each
new student joins the society of her
choice.
In preparation for rush, both so
ciety presidents will welcome any j Sept, 28
suggestions for rush from members i p.m.
of the student body. , Sept. 29 — Meeting of Board of
Trustees.
Nominating Committee, 7:00
p.m., Faculty Parlor.
SAI, 7:00 p.m., SAI Room.
Sept, 30—Spanish Club, 5:00 p.m.,
Joyner 103.
MCA Forum, 7j00 p.m., Rose
Parlor.
College Calendar
AA, MCA, SGA, 7:00
Y. R. C.
Oct. 5—9:00 p.m.
Jones Auditorium
Speaker: Robert Gavin