THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XXXIX MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., NOVEMBER 20, 1964 No. 5
All Classes Vie lor Stunt Trophy Tonight
Freshmen ^Is get together as Elizabeth Maynard grapliicaily describes their stunt.
The annual Stunt Night will be
held on Friday, November 20, in
Jones Auditorium. Stunt, a program
in which each class presents an
original skit, is sponsored by the
Meredith College Athletic Associa
tion. Class chairmen are as follows:
Elizabeth Maynard, freshmnn; Mar
tha Ann Butler and Betty''Webb,
sophomore; Susan Calson and Sue
Kelly, junior; and Sue Lynn \
Teachey, senior.
The panel of judges will consist
of two citizens of the city of Ra
leigh and three members of the
Meredith faculty and administra
tion. The names of the judges will
not be announced until the night of
Stunt.
Juf^ng Based on Points
The judging will be based on 100
points with the class having the most
points receiving the trophy. Theatri
cal effectiveness of the play will
count a total of fifty-five points.
Presentation, costumes and make
up, and programs will count twenty,
fifteen, and ten points respectively.
The freshman and senior classes
will be allowed twenty-five minutes
and the sophomores and juniors will
be allowed thirty minutes. The ex-
November 6-8, thirty-seven mem
bers of the BSU, including Mr. and
Mrs. R. A. L. Walker, attended the
BSU Convention at Green Street
Baptist Church in High Point. The
theme, “When Students Worship
God,” was first introduced by a mod
ern interpretive dance Friday night
and later discussed by Dr. Theron
Price Friday night and Saturday
morning. The Saturday evening
service consisted of a presentation
by the eight North Carolinians who
participated in the Korean work
camp project this past summer.
MCA fo Hold
Dec. 2 Forum
On Catholicism
The Meredith Christian Associa
tion will hold its second forum on
December 2 at which time Father
Breunig will speak on “The Spirit
of Catholicism.” Having taught at
a Delaware acadcmy and at St.
Norbert College in Wisconsin, Fa
ther Breunig has been at State Col
lege for the last six years.
After receiving his undergraduate
degree from St. Norbert Abbey,
Father Breunig did graduate work
at Catholic University in Washing
ton, D. C., and at the University of
Chicago. Part of this graduate work
he did in sociology. Although he
holds no graduate degree, Father
Breunig, in his own words, “has
just gone to school a long time.”
The upcoming forum is an out
growth of a recent interest and gen
eral desire to know more about the
Ca^olic faith on the part of many
Meredith students. At the 10:30
a.m. chapel period Father Breunig
will speak on “The Spirit of Catholi
cism: the Essence of the Faith.**
The evening forum will be held at
7:00 p.m. in the Blue Parlor.
tra minutes for the sophomores and
juniors will be used in the changing
of scenery.
After Uie judges retire to decide
on a winner, the Meredith Ensem
ble, under the direction of Miss
Beatrice Donley, will sing several
popular musical selections. The
Several items were acted upon in
the business session Saturday after
noon. One of the most important
to us was the adoption of a resolu
tion to be presented to the North
Carolina Baptist Convention urging
them to adopt the use of the F^cd-
eral Facilities Act. If this is passed,
it will enable Baptist colleges to
make use of federal funds for build
ing libraries, classroom buildings,
and for hiring instructors. Another
major item before the business ses
sion was the LISTEN project for
the summer of 1965. The plan pre
sented and adopted was the Chero
kee work camp project in which
sixteen North Carolina Baptist stu-;
dents will participate.
Four Students
Make Plans
For Retreat
Kadiga El - Kammast, Verona
Chow, Elizabeth Reavis, and Dee
Ann Dozier will represent Mere
dith at the International Student
Retreat in Williamsburg, Virginia,
November 26-29. Elizabeth Reavis
was chosen as one of the ten Ameri
can hostesses for this retreat.
This annual retreat is sponsored
by the Baptist Woman’s Missionary
Union of North Carolina, and the
Department of Student Work of the
North Carolina Baptist State Con
vention.
It is a presentation of the Chris
tian faith to the international stu
dent. The main speakers arc the
Honorable Brooks Hayes, Dr.
Samuel D. Proctor, and Dr. Samuel
Southard.
Don't Forget
Stunt
members of the Ensemble are Agnes
Yelton, Polly Finan, Nancy Sue Buf-
faloe, Cindy Swayne, Elizabeth Hol
land, Charlotte Burgess, Charlotte
Mitchell, Joan Thompson, Nileen
Hunt, Crystal Hartness, Sarah
Parker Martin, Janet Grogan, Linda
Frederick, and Margaret Simmons.
Library Given
Three Volumes
In Memoriam
Three mcmoriai books have been
presented to the Meredith library,
according to Miss Hazel Baity, li
brarian. Dr. Norma Rose presented
the Oxjord Book of Nineteenth Cen
tury English Verse in memory of
Mrs. Harry E. Cooper. The Col
lected Poems of Edith Sitwell was
given to the library by the Char
lotte Chapter of the Meredith Alum
nae Association in memory of Peggy
Lane Knauff.
Historical Volumes
The North Carolina Portrait In
dex. 1700-1860, was presented in
memory of Mr. William Presstman
Lemmon, II by Mrs. William Presst-
mann Lemmon, ill, and Dr. Sarah
Lemmon. This book is of special
interest to the Lemmon family, for
it contains a portrait of Dr. Lem
mon’s grandfather, William Presst
man Lemmon, who owned and op
erated a line of clipper ships and
who participated In the War of 1812
as a member of the Navy.
The MCA at present is working
on two community service projects.
The first is called the Brafford or
community survey project. This is a
survey of families in the Western
Boulevard area about the feasibility
of a city park, it is feared this area
might become a slum area, and a
city park might help prevent this.
The second project is the tutoring
Lemmon Attentls
History Meetings
Dr. Sarah Lemmon, chairman of
the history department, accom
panied by her mother and Miss
Carolyn Barrington, attended a
meeting of the Historical Society of
North Carolina at Duke University
on November 6, 1964. While there,
the group heard speeches about the
first newspaper published in North
Carolina, about Josephus Daniels as
Secretary of the Navy in President
Wilson’s cabinet, and about Gover
nor Murphy who was an early North
Carolina governor. The Historical
Society of North Carolina has about
sixty invited members who have
Ph.D. degrees. These members also
have had some work published, pref
erably in the field of North Caro
lina iiistory.
On November 9-11, Dr. Lemmon
served on a fifteen-member commit
tee acting as a visiting team to study
the teacher - training program at
Pembroke College. Dr. Lemmon
worked with the social studies
teacher-training program and the
general education program for
I'reshmcn and sophomores. She in
terviewed everyone teaching social
studies, some student teachers, some
faculty members and random stu
dents. Dr. Lemmon also wrote her
findings up in daily reports.
Dr. lone K. Knight of the Mere
dith College English department
has recently had her dissertation
which she began while working on
her doctorate at the University of
North Carolina, accepted by the
Duquesne University Press for pub
lication in the spring of 1966. It
will be published in the Philologi
cal Series, No. 8.
Criticizes Medieval Sermon
The work is a critical edition of
a medieval sermon entitled “Redde
rationcm vilUcationis tuae” or “Day
of Reckoning.” The sermon Is
project. This project will involve six
Meredith girls working with six Ra
leigh children — three while, three
Negro. These children have high
I.O.’s but are not doing well in
school because ihey are culturally,
socially, or economically deprived.
It is hoped that this project will
help break the cycle of poverty for
these six children by helping them
achieve their potential. The tutor
ing will take place In Meredith Col
lege classrooms. There will also be
field trips in Raleigh.
The Meredith giris chosen for the
project are Martha Henderson,
sophomore; Barbara Hall, sopho
more; Sandra Flynt, junior; Nancy
Sue Buffaloe, senior; Helen Smith,
senior; Anne Mintz, senior. These
girls were chosen by a special com
mittee appointed by the MCA. This
group consisted of four faculty mem
bers and two students.
History Majors
Given Coffee
By Department
On Tuesday, November 17, a
coffee hour was held in ihe faculty
parlor in Vann Hall from 7:00 to
8:00 to honor all juniors who had
declared their majors in history the
preceding spring. One of the pur
poses of this social hour was to
allow the students to become better
acquainted with the members of
the history department and their
fellow history majors. During the
coffee hour, a subscription to a
news magazine was presented to
the history student who had main
tained the highest average in her
history courses during her first two
years at Meredith. The recipient of
the award was Becky Shaver.
thought to have been preached by
Thomas Wimbledon in 1387 at St.
Paul’s Cross in London.
IVlany Sources
Dr. Knight gathered material for
this dissertation from the Oxford
and Cambridge British Museum in
England, Huntington Library in
California, and from Helmingham
Hall, where a private collection is
kept. Of the fourteen manuscripts,
twelve are in English and two are
in Latin. Originally there were fif
teen manuscripts, but one has been
destroyed.
According to Dr. Knight, the chief
interest of this sermon is its lan
guage and its medieval flavor rather
than its content.
College Calendar
Nov. 20—Stunt Night, Audi
torium, 8:00 p.m.
Nor. 21—Movie, Audiforiam, 7:30
p.m.
Nov. 23—Teachers’ Scholarship
Loan Group, Blue Parlor, 3;00
p.m.
AA, MCA, SG Boards, 7:00 p.m.
Nov. 24 — SAI, SAI Room, 7:00
p.cn.
NEA, 103 I, 7:00 p.m.
IRC, Alumnae House, 7:00 p.m.
Nov. 25—Sunrise Service, Small
Auditorium, 7:00 a.m.
Thanksgiving Recess, 1:00 p.m.
Nov. 30—Classes resume, 8:25 a.m.
AA, MCA, SG Boards, 7:00 p.m.
Above Is one of the scenes from "Blithe Spirit," which was presented by
Meredith Playhouse, November 6*7.
Walkers, 37 Students Attend
BSU Convention at High Point
Knight Publishes Dissertation