THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XXXIX
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C, OCTOBER 22, 1964
No. 3
Students Elect May Court;
Butler and Hartness To Reign
On Thursday, October 15, the
student body of Meredith College
chose their May Queen for 1965.
The voting was done by standing
ballot during the regular chapel
period. The winner, and May Queen
for 1965, is Miss Julia Butter, a
nated for May Queen were Mary
Ann Britt, a mathematics major
from Smithfield; Martha House, also
a mathematics major from Monroe;
Carolyn Howell, a home economics
major from Weldon; Betty Ipock, a
history major from New Bern; Jerry
Maid of HoDor Cbrystal Hartness nud May Queen Julia Butler mis smiles with
tears upou hearing the verdict.
home economics major from Eliza
bethtown, North Carolina. Maid of
Honor is Miss Crystal Hartness, a
religion major from Henderson.
Upon hearing the results of the vot
ing, Julia and Crystal were brought
out onto the stage where they were
given a standing ovation by the en
tire student body.
Julia is a brunette of medium
height while Crystal is a short
blonde,
The other girls who were nomi-
College Library
Increases Size
100 New Books
Over one hundred new books
have just been added to the shelves
of the Meredith College library, the
first of around two thousand vol
umes to be added this year.
Miss Hazel Baity, Meredith li
brarian, said this will be the last
year the library will benelit from a
$10,000 Kellogg Foundation Grant
made three years ago to help with
purchasing books not provided for
in the regular college library budget.
46412 Yolumcs
Miss Baity said the library last
year had a total of 46,112 books
plus 1,748 periodical.^ and 11 news
papers.
The new accessions include books
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Ann Martin, an art major from
Jonesville; Jo Ann Stafford, a busi
ness major from Winston-Salem;
and Charlotte Woodard, an ele
mentary education major from
Nashville. Each of these girls was
presented individually to the student
body in chapel; then all were shown
together. They wore long formal
gowns.
Each class will elect two repre
sentatives to tlie May Court at the
next class meetings. The entire May
Court must be on eligibility. These
representatives, along with Julia and
Crystal, will be in the May Day
festivities at the annual May Day
celebration here at Meredith.
Students, Guests
To Hear Archie
On Founders' Day
William C. Archie of the North
Carolina Department of Higher
Education will speak at the service
on Founder’s Day, October 29. The
service will be held at 11:00 in
Jones Auditorium.
Seniors to Be Robed
For this occasion, the seniors will
don their caps and gowns for the
first time. The speakers and other
platform guests will also be robed.
The chorus will be sitting on stage
and will perform several choral ar
rangements during the servicc.
Reception Following
A formal reception will be held
in the afternoon from four-thirty
o’clock to six o’clock. The receiv
ing line will include the officers and
administrators of the college and
new members of the faculty. The
seniors and other guests of the col
lege are invited to attend.
No classes will beheld after 10:30
on Founder’s Day.
Linville Exhibit
Is on Display
October 10-13
An exhibition of paintings by Miss
Bobbee Linville of Winston-Salem
is being held in the Joyner Hall art
gallery at Meredith College, October
10-31.
Leonard White, chairman of the
Meredith art department, said the
exhibition will be open to the public
daily from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.,
except Sundays.
Miss Linville Teaches Art
Miss Linville, now an art teach
er at Winston-Salem’s Gray High
School, is a graduate of Mars Hill
and Meredith. She received her
master’s degree in fine arts in 1962
from the University of North Caro
lina at Greensboro. In 1962-63, she
traveled and painted in the Near
East, particularly Beirut, Lebanon.
She was the recipient of the first
graduate student purchase award at i
UNC-G. Her paintings have been j
exhibited at the North Carolina!
State Art Museum, the Winston- j
Salem Gallery of Fine Arts and the ’
Hunter Gallery, Chattanooga, Ten
nessee. :
Faculty Lectures Initiated
A new and exciting addition to
the Meredith College calendar this
year is the Faculty Lecture Series.
At the suggestion of Dr. Carlyle
Campbell, a committee, consisting
of Dr. Ralph McLain, chairman; Dr.
Sarah Lemmon; Dr. Quentin Mc
Allister; and Dr. John Yarbrough,
began work last year on the project.
Stimulate Research
The purpose of these lectures is
to stimulate independent research
by faculty and students. According
to Dr. McLain, each lecture will be
the product of original research on
the part of the lecturer. The areas
of research are tentatively divided
into scicnce and the humanities.
After their presentation, the lectures
will be printed in pamphlet form for
the benefit of the student body.
There will be one lecture each
semester. As part of the program,
guests will be invited; they will in
clude majors and past majors in the
field of the lecture, professors of that
field in colleges and universities in
this area, and some high school
teachers in that field. Following the
lectures there will be receptions in
the Blue Parlor so that everyone can
meet and talk with the lecturer.
Attendance for Meredith students
is voluntary; however, the faculty
hopes that students will appreciate
the significance of participating in
the results of original research,
Dean and English Department
Will Attend Wingate Meeting
On October 23 and 24, Dr. Mary
Lynch Johnson, Dr. Norma Rose,
Dr. lone Kemp Knight, Mrs. Doro
thy P. Greenwood, all of the Mere
dith English department, and Dean
L. A. Pcacock will attend the Inter
departmental Meeting of the Teach
ers of English of the Baptist Colleges
of North Carolina at Wingate Col
lege.
Shakespearean Program
The program includes a dramati
zation of scenes from Shakespeare
by Mr. Robert Grubbs, director of
dramatics at Pfeiflfer College; a lec
ture and discussion on composition
by Dr. Edgar V. Roberts, author
of Writing Themes about Literature
and professor of English at Hunter
College in the Bronx, New York;
and an informal lecture and discus
sion on the teaching of Shakespeare
by Dr. William Wells, professor of
Shakespeare at the University of
North Carolina.
Reception Follows
There will be a reception in the
lobby of the new women’s dormitory
at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, October 23.
To conclude the meeting, there will
be a buffet luncheon in the Wingate
College Cafeteria at noon on Satur
day.
MCA Projects
Assist Two City
Institutions
Through the Extension program
of the Meredith Christian Associa
tion, two main projects are spon
sored. These are participation proj
ects at the Blind School and the
Dorothea Dix Hospital. Every
Thursday night girls leave Meredith
at 6:45 p.m. to go to Dix Hill to
work for two hours. Their work here
consists of playing games, dancing
or just conversing with the patients.
At this time the girls arc working in
a spccial ward for Johnston County
people of all ages, of all illnesses,
and of both sexes. The chairman of
this project is Betsy Alford.
Program at Blind School
Also on Thursday night Meredith
girls go to the Blind School to do
volunteer work. Here they play
games, sing, and read with the chil
dren. Penny Pittard is serving as
chairman of this endeavor. Meredith
girls find these two projects bcnc-
ficial to the patients and the chil
dren, and each girl receives personal
enjoyment from participation in
them.
Transportation Provided
The Westminster Fellowship is
cooperating with this project by sup
plying a bus for transportation to
both Dorothy Dix Hospital and the
Blind School.
DON'T FORGET
CORN HUSKIN'
October 28,1964
First Is Shakespeare
This semester the lecturer is Dr.
Norma Rose, whose research in
Shakespearean studies led the com
mittee to ask her to speak during
this four-hundredth anniversary
year of the great bard’s birth. The
lecture will be held on Monday,
November 30, 1964, at 8:00 p.m.
in Jones Auditorium.
Bernice K. Harris,
Meredith Alumna,
Writes New Book
Bernice Kelly Harris, a 1913
graduate of Meredith, has recently
released a new book entitled South
ern Savory, which contains a series
of autobiographical sketches. In the
first section of her book, Miss Harris
relates many memories of her girl
hood in Eastern North Carolina dur
ing the first half of this century. The
second part of Southern Savory
deals with Miss Harris’s later life,
especially her interest in all types of
people—the “savor” in her life.
Many Other Works
While at Meredith, Miss Harris
was on the Acorn staff and was a
member of the college basketball
team. TTiis nationally-known au
thor’s first literary work was printed
in the Meredith College Acorn. The
author of other works including
Purslane, Sweet Beulah Land, Por-
tulaca, and Folk Plays of Eastern
Carolina. Bernice Kelly Harris was
the first woman to win the May
flower Cup, a well-known literary
award. A number of Miss Harris’s
plays have been produced by the
Carolina Playmakers of Chapel Hill.
Corn Huskin'
Rules Changed
The regulations regarding Corn
Huskin’, an annual event on the
Meredith campus, have been some
what modified. Though the event is
a traditional one, new rules have
been established and old ones have
been modified. This year, for the
first time, classes will be judged on
attendance by percentage of class
participating. In addition, a five
minute limit has been set on the
song, and participants must remain
at (heir seats while singing. A three
minute limit has been placed on the
tall talc, and emphasis is this year
placed on imagination in the tale. As
usual, the class obtaining the high
est total of points will be declared
the winner.
All students and faculty are in
vited to participate at the function.
An cspecial invitation is extended
to the faculty and their families.
College Calendar
Oct. 22 — Tomorrow's Business
Women, 7:00 p.m., Alumnae
House, Friends of the College,
8:00 p.m., Coliseum
Oct. 23 — Friends of the College,
8:00 p.m., Coliseum
Oct. 24—Astro'Phi Bridge Event,
2-5 p.m., Society Hall
Oct. 26 — AA, MCA, SGA Boards
Oct. 27 — NEA, 3:30 p.m.. Hut,
English Book Tea, 4:30 p.m.,
Blue Parlor, SAI, 7:00 p.m., SAI
Room
Oct. 28—Com Huskin’, 7:00 p.m.,
Auditorium
Oct. 29—Founders’ Day