THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XXXIX
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., OCTOBER 8, 1964
No. 2
Trustees Approve Proposal To Remove Member Ban
The first meeting of the Board of
Trustees for ihe collegiate year
1964-65 was held on campus Tues
day, September 29.' At this meetiag
the Meredith Board of Trustees
voted unanimously to ask the Bap
tist State Convention to remove the
denominational and residential re
strictions for up to twenty-five per
cent of the board members for the
seven North Carolina Baptist col
leges. These Baptist colleges include
Meredith, Wake Forest, Mars Hill,
Chowan, Wingate, Campbell, and
Gardner-Webb. The present policy
followed by the Baptist Conven
tion in selecting trustees for these
colleges states that all of the board
members must be residents of North
Carolina and members of the Bap
tist denomination. The new proposal
has been approved by the Conven
tion’s Council on Christian Educa
tion and the executive and general
boards. The proposal will be pre
sented to the Convention when it
meets in Greensboro in November.
Meredith College President, Dr.
Carlyle Campbell, spoke in favor of
this proposal and staled that the
other Baptist colleges are also back
ing this change in the Convention’s
Dr. Carlyle Campbell proudly looks od as trustee Ernst Russel! drninges valuable
grandfatber clock.
constitution. At present, many
qualified and interested people are
prohibited from serving on boards
of trustees, because they are either
Astros and Phis Hold Meetings;
Discuss Plans for Rush Week
By LINDA WORCESTER.
Meredith College’s two societies,
the Phis and the Astros, had their
first meetings October 1. Both
groups are convinced that this
coming year is going to be an ex
citing year full of big plans and
promising experiences.
Phi«Asfro Bridge Party
Perhaps the change that has
evoked the most controversy is the
matter of having rush week second
semester. All the girls are willing to
try out this new method and arc
confident it will be successful. The
biggest news, the one plan that
everyone is talking about, the one
function that all the girls are look
ing forward to, is the Phi-Astro
Bridge Party. This party is to be
held from 2 to 4 on a Saturday
afternoon in October or November.
It will be an open meeting; there
fore, the societies have invited the
freshmen and transfers. A commit
tee of two girls from each society is
working on this joint party, and they
report already that there will be
refreshments, entertainment, and
maybe even boys!
Open Meetings
Another promising new policy is
the freshman - transfer meeting.
Since rush week is second semester,
the two societies have decided to
have at least one meeting in the
fall semester that will be open to
all new girls. The meetings will be
held on different dates, November
5 and 12, in order that the new
girls may attend both functions. This
plan provides an excellent oppor
tunity for the girls to see each so
ciety functioning before they are
compelled to make any decision.
Sylvia Woodford and Joyce TJaves
are working on the Phi meeting.
Julie Miller and Jane McGlohon re
port that the Astros will have en
tertainment by the Villagers and a
new group from Meredith known as
the McMullens.
Supper Clubs
Both societies have begun work
on their Supper Club programs for
rush week. Charlotte Burgess,
working with Joan Thompson and
Carol King, is in charge of the Phi
Supper Club and Linda Worcester
and Lynne Wainscott are joint
chairmen for the Astros.
The Phis announced some new
policies at their meeting. Two addi
tional verses have been added to the
society song. Also, the society is
considering changing its colors. The
general opinion, though not definite,
is that the new color will be red or
blue. Penny Pittard was elected new
chief marshal. Entertainment then
followed the business. Songs were
sung by Margaret Simmons and
Elizabeth Holland followed by a
group sing-a-long led by Charlotte
Burgess, Anne Pepper Poole, and
Judy Griffin on the ukes.
No Aslro Wedding
rhe Astros announced a change
in policy also. The traditional Astro
Wedding will no longer be a part
of the Astro rush program; there
fore, the society will introduce an
other highlight.
Both societies stressed the im
portance of clean rushing and a
year of exciting activities to which
all Meredith sisters may look for
ward.
residents of states other than North
Carolina or they are not Baptists,
Campbell Library
Also on the agenda for the first
meeting was a discussion of the
plans for the building of the new
Carlyle Campbell Library. A library
committee, which will select an
Mims and Ehle
Tell of Work
The Sociology Club will meet in
the Hut October 14 at 7:00 p.m.
For the program, Nancy Ehle and
Susan Mims will tell about their
summer work, Nancy’s job was with
the North Carolina Volunteers in
Durham where she did library work
and held a kindergarten for chil
dren whose parents were of the
lower income bracket. Susan’s job
took her to Rochester, New York,
where she worked in an integrated
slum area. After the program, a
short business meeting will be held
for those students desirine to loin
the club.
Playhouse Plans
Are "Blithe" Spirit,
Trip to Greensboro
The Meredith Playhouse has
planned several events for the up
coming weeks. Two of the main
projects of the Playhouse will be a
production of Blithe Spirit and a
trip to Greensboro.
A Comedy
The play Blithe Spirit was writ
ten by Nod Coward. It portrays ihe
life of Charles Coxdoniine and his
second wife. A medium appears at
his home one day and brings back
the ghost of his first wife, which only
Coxdomine can see. His first wife
haunts him and tries to make a
ghost. She tries to make him have
an accident, but his second wife
falls prey to this trap. With both his
present wife and his first wife as
ghosts, Charles finds it hard to rid
himself of them.
Try-outs for the play have been
held and rehearsal has begun. The
play will be presented in Jones Au
ditorium on November 6-7,
architect to begin preliminary build
ing plans, was appointed.
Charles B, Deane of Rocking
ham and Dr. Howard Boozer of
Raleigh were reappointed as chair
man and vice chairman, respec
tively, of the Board. Mrs. Virginia
Wood of Leaksvillc was named sec
retary and Dr. George Silver, new
business manager at Meredith, was
named treasurer. The seven vacan
cies which now exist on the Board
will be filled at the Convention in
-November.
Also at the Tuesday meeting, the
Executive Committee rejected the
proposal that all Meredith faculty
and staff members sign an affirma
tion of Christian faith. The com
mittee agrees that no such action
needs to be taken on the Meredith
campus.
Fund Raising
The public relations department
and the Alumnae A.s.sociation re
ported to the trustees their plans
for an accelerated program of fund
raising. More than $30,000 has
been collected by the MC-I Club.
In this club, donors who contribute
$100 or more receive miniature
shields.
At the opening of the meeting,
the Reverend Ernst P. Russell, re
tiring trustee and pastor of the Mc
Gill Street Church, Concord, pre
sented to the college a grandfather
clock. Mr. Russell assembled the
clock from workings brought from
Germany and installed it in the
rotunda of Johnson Hall.
Freshman Class
Elects Officers
For'64-65 year
The freshman class recently
elected officers lo lead them through
this year. Betty Pritchard of Greens
boro will be serving as president of
the class. Emily Bryant, who hails
from Winston-Salem, will be the
vice-president. Laura Hill of Win
ston-Salem was chosen as the class
secretary.
Serving as treasurer will be Brenda
Carole Jones, of Oxford. The class
electcd Elizabeth Maynard as stunt
chairman. Elizabeth is from Hamlet.
Betty Duckworth of Charlotte will
lead the class in Corn Husking.
Elected lo serve on the Legisla
tive Board were Nancy Moore of
Wilmington and Teenie Sink of Lex
ington. Nancy Flood of Elizabeth
City and Linda van Buren of Char
lotte will serve on the Judicial
Board.
*‘Sbe Stoops to Conquer’*
The Playhouse also hopes to at
tend a performance of “She Stoops
lo Conquer” by Oliver Goldsmith
in Greensboro. This play is being
presented by the National Reper
tory Theater. The group is a three-
year-old company, which operates
with North Carolina as its headquar
ters. It begins each season with an
“artist-in residence” period at UNC-
G. Afterwards, the group tours ten
cities presenting three plays. The
play “She Stoops to Conquer” takes
place in the “Tom Jones Era,” and
Farley Granger is starring in the
leading part.
The National Repertory Theatre
has been commended by Governor
Terry Sanford as North Carolina’s
theatrical ambassadors.
Dr. Lemmon Is
Consultant for
Classes on TV
Dr. Sarah Lemmon, chairman of
the Meredith history department, is
now serving as a consultant on a
committee for television classes on
government, being conducted for
ninth graders on channel 4. She
was invited last June to serve in
this capacity, along with three other
representatives from colleges and
universities, by the Stale Depart
ment of Public In-struction. The
committee decides what should be
taught during the semester of gov
ernment.
Worics with Meredith Graduate
Dr. Lemmon was recently called
on as a special consultant to plan
the daily lessons for the month of
October. Working with the tele
vision teacher and Miss Betty Smith,
a Meredith graduate in history and
full-time television consultant, Dr.
Lemmon planned lessons on elec
toral campaigns with interviews and
panels. She herself will moderate a
panel on October 30 on deciding
how to vote. Recently Dr. Lemmon
has been asked to serve on the com
mittee for planning next semester’s
program of world geography.
GOP Candidate,
Robert Gavin
Speaks to YRC
The Meredith Young Republi
can gubernatorial candidate, Robert
Gavin, on October 5.
Gavin addressed approximately
fifty Meredith girls in the small au
ditorium at 8:00 p.m. He remarked
that he woke up the people to the
fact that the Republican party could
win in North Carolina.
A major portion of his message
concerncd the surplus money in our
government. He advocated eliminat
ing the sales tax on necessities, such
as bread and milk. Thus, some of
the surplus would be alleviated.
Following the speech, there was
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NOTICE
Student teachers will attend
a district meeting of the NCEA
at Chapel Hill, N, C., on Oc
tober 13, 1964.
College Calendar
Oct. 8—Required Recital, Suzanne
Block, 8:00 p.m., Jones Audi
torium.
Oct. 10, 11—Friends of the College,
8:00 p.m., Coliseum.
Oct, 12—AA, M.C.A., SCA, 7:00
p.m.
Oct. 13 — Counsel Groups, 7:00
p.m., Society Hall.
SAI, 7:00 p.m., SAI Room.
Oct. 14 — Hoofprint Club, 6;4S
p.m., Potcat Rec. Room.
YRC, 7:00 p.m., 103 Joyner.
Sociology Club, 7:00 p.m., Hut.
Oct. 15—Spanish Club, 5:00 p.m..
Hut.
Barber Science Club, 6:45 p.m..
Hut.
Home Economics Club, 7:00 p.m.
Oct. 18 — Alumnae Tea for New
Students, 2*4 p.m.. Alumnae
House.
Oct. 19 — AA, MCA, SGA, 7:00
p.m.
Oct. 20—Colton English Club, 4:30
p.m., Joyner Lounge.
IRC, 7:00 p.m.. Alumnae House.
Art Club, 7:00 p.m., Poteat Rec.
Room.
Oct. 21 — Granddaughters’ Club„
7:00 p.m., Alumnae House.
Oct. 22 — Tomorrow's Business:
Women, 7:00 p.m.. Alumnae
House.
TWIG Party, 5:00 p.m., Hof.
Friends of the College, 8:00 p.m..
Coliseum.