THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XXXIX
MEREDITH COLLEGE RALEIGH, N. C., MARCH 25, 1965
No. 10
Moore Speaks
On Education
Governor Dan Moore spoke to
the Meredith Student Body on Tues
day, March 18, concerning the im
portance of education in North
Carolina.
Governor Moore stressed that the
final determination in all fields of
endeavor will be determined by one
factor, “the success in our efforts
for education in North Carolina.”
Accomplishments in education that
were particularly cited by the gov
ernor were those of the Baptists who
support four senior and three jun
ior colleges at the present time. By
helping lo educatc 12,000 students,
the Baptists "relieve the state of a
tremendous burden.” The Governor
expressed the desire that the check
and balance .iystem which results
from the three types of schools, tax-
supported, denominational, and pri
vate, must be preserved.
Democracy in Educarion
“Democracy itself is never strong
er than the character, intelligence,
HAMBRICKS SHOW
SPANISH SLIDES
On March 4-5, Mr. and Mrs. Nat
Hambrick presented slides and
other Spanish American realia at
two showings for the benefit of
Spanish students. The Hambricks
will sponsor a six weeks tour touch
ing the major cities of and sites of
cultural interest and attraction in
Mexico and all five of the Central
American countries. The group will
leave for the 7,000 mile trip June 3,
and be gone 45 days, returning
by plane or boat to Miami, Fla. The
total expense of the trip is $945.
The tour will be made up almost
entireiy of college students. Mr.
Hambrick is a native of Rutherford-
ton, N. C. and has a wide knowl
edge of Spanish and Latin Ameri
can countries. Applications for tour
should be mailed to Mr. Hambrick,
1835 Green Street, Colombia, South
Carolina by April 1,
The Spanish club will feature t^ie
country of Venezuela at rts March
18th meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Jesus
Diaz will speak to club members on
the history and culture of Venezuela.
They will then present some folk
dances from the plain region. These
dances are picturesquely described
in Gallcgo’s well known novel
“Dona Barbara.” The club will meet
at.7:00 p.m. March 18, in the hut.
Robin Gentry caught a chance to meet Governor Moore before his chapel address.
integrity, and dependability of its
members,” said the Governor,
therefore, we need “educated Chris
tian men and women of ability to
make a more abundant life for all
the people of North Carolina.”
Seated on the stage with the
Governor were members of the Bap
tist Council on Christian Education
which is the correlating body of the
Baptist State Convention. Dr. Car
lyle Campbell introduced the Gov
ernor as one who has endorsed
“every advance in the area of edu
cation.”
He stressed the fact that educa
tion involves contributing fully, not
simply storing up knowledge. Since
the administration of Governor
Charles A. Aycock, the guiding
principle in education has been the
goal that every boy and girl should
have the opportunity to take ad
vantage of his capacity. The gover
nor stated that he was optimistic
about the continuation of this
policy.
Cottage at Morehead School Named;
Dr. Johnson Honored for Services
Dr. Mary Lynch Johnson, chair
man of the Meredith English de
partment, was informed recently of
an honor bestowed upon her by the
Governor Mbrehead School in Ra
leigh. The school, which has been
renamed, was formerly known as
the North Carolina State School for
the Blind and Deaf. Dr. Johnson’s
honor is that of having a cottage
on the campus named for her.
Twenty little deaf Negro girls will
reside in the Mary Lynch Johnson
cottage.
Early Interest
Dr. Johnson’s connection with the
school began over thirty years ago.
At that time, Mrs. Talcott Brewer
suggested that Dr. Johnson and the
Meredith students of her Sunday
school class at First Baptist Church
work on a Halloween project for
the blind and deaf children. Mrs.
Brewer bought all-day suckers which
Dr. Johnson and the Meredith girls
dressed as witches and gave to the
Intercollegiate Conference
To Sponsor Malcolm Boyd
The Raleigh Intercollegiate Con
ference presents The Reverend Mr.
Malcolm Boyd, populariy known as
the "Expresso Priest from Detroit”
as the key speaker for the confer
ence held .March 27-28. According
to the Planning Committee, the pur
pose of this confercnce is “to pro
vide an opportunity for Christian
fellowship among the seven col
leges in Raleigh: Meredith, Peace,
•Rex School of Nursing, Shaw, Saint
Augustine’s, Saint Mary’s and North
Carolina State.
The program begins at 2:00 on
Saturday, March 27, at King Re
ligious Center. The following events
may be of interest to you:
Schedule
Saturday, March 27, at E. S. King
Religious Center, N. C. State
Campus
2:00-2:45-Registration
2:45-3:00 Introduction
3:00-3:45 First Address: The Rev
erend Malcolm Boyd
3:45-4:00 Open Discussion
4:00-5:00 Discussion Groups
5:00-6:00 Free time
Films: “A Study in Color,”
“Boy,” and “The Job”
6:00-7:00 Dinner: Crescent
Room, Leazar Cafeteria
7:00-7:45 Second Address: The
Reverend Malcolm Boyd
7:45-8:00 Open Discussion
8:00-9:00 Discussion Groups
9:00-9:45 Group Recreation
Sunday. March 28, at E. P. Dutton
Hall, Shaw University
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children. This Sunday-school class,
the Livingstone-Johnson Bible Class
named for Dr. Johnson, continued
work for the school. The Meredith
Astrotekton Society has since taken
up the Governor .Morehead School
as a project, giving parties and pres
ents to the children,
Dr. Johnson has made it a prac
tice to present a sum of money to
the school each Christmas. This
money is what Dr. Johnson feels
she would have spent on presents
for her many friends, for she and
her friends decided some years ago
not to exchange presents. For, as
Dr. Johnson says, “When you live a
long time you begin to accumulatc
a great many friends.” Some of
these friends also supplement Dr,
Johnson’s fund.
Spcclal Services
The Governor Morehead School
has a special service on the fourth
Sunday of cach month. Dr. Johnson
has participated in several of these
services. She also spoke at a com
mencement not long ago.
On telling how she feels about
having a cottage on the school’s
campus, Dr. Johnson says she is
extremely honored,for all the other
cottagcs have been ngmed for
graduates, presidents, and board
members of the school.
She concluded, “I’m getting the
crcdit for what a lot of other peo
ple have done.”
Professors Attend
History Conference
On March 12 and 13, the mem
bers of the history and sociology
departments attended a Social
Science Conference held at Mars
Hill College. Those attending were
faculty members of the North Caro
lina Baptist Colleges. Representing
Meredith were Dr. Sarah Lemmon,
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Kappa Nu Sigma Speaker
Chosen for April Lecture
On April 8, Kappa Nu Sigma,
the Meredith honorary scholarship
society, will hold its annual lecture
for the Meredith community. The
speaker for this event will be Dr.
Susan B. Riley, Dean of the gradu
ate school at George Peabody
College for teachers in Nashville,
Tennessee. Dr. Riley has held the
position of dean since August, 1964,
and it is believed that she is one of
only a few women in the country
to hold such a position.
Dr. Riley is a widely known edu
cator and professor, and she served
as president of the American As
sociation of University Women
from 1951 until 1955. She is a Pea
body alumna, holding the B.S.,
M.A,, and Ph.D. degrees from that
institution. Dr. Riley received the
honorary doctor of literature de
gree from the University of Chatta
nooga and from Blue Mountain Col
lege in Mississippi.
A Pleasant Journey
This distinguished speaker joined
the Peabody faculty in 1928 and
she served as chairman of the Eng
lish department from 1948 until
1951., Dr. Riley’s special interest is
American literature, and she is a
collector of Southern folk literature.
This educator is known and re
spected for her Igyc of her profes
sion, and she likens her career to a
“pleasant journey across a relatively
high plateau.” The delights of the
journey are not sensational, but they
are continuously pleasing and re
warding.”
As president of the American As
sociation of University Women, Dr.
Riley received the Cross of the
Commander of the Order of Merit,
one of the highest awards given by
the Federal Republic of Germany.
Dr. Riley received this award in the
fall of 1953 for the social and cul
tural contribution of the AAUW in
furthering German - Ameican un
derstanding. Miss Riley was hon
ored in 1962 by the AAUW South
east Central Region, which named
a fellowship in her honor, the Su
san B. Riley Fellowship, with the
sum of $250 going annually to a
graduate woman scholar.
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Dr. Susau B. Riley
Noted Author and Professor
To Speak at Meredith
John Kenneth Galbraith, Paul M.
Warburg, Professor of Economics
at Harvard University, will speak in
Jones Auditorium at 1:00 p.m. on
April 7, 1965. The sponsors are:
Meredith College and the economics
department of North Carolina State.
The students, faculty, and public
arc invited to the lecture and to a
coffee hour afterwards at the Mae
Grimmer Alumnae House.
Mr. Galbraith was born in On
tario, Canada. He came to the
United Stales in 1931, He has a
Baciielor’s degree in Agriculture
from the Ontario Agricultural Col
lege and an M.S. and Ph.D. in
Economics from the University of
California. He was a Social Science
Research Council Fellow at Cam
bridge University in 1937-38. Prior
to World War H, he taught at the
University of California, Princeton,
and Harvard. He is an LL. D. of
California, Toronto, Massachu
setts, Bard, Brandeis and other
American universities and a Doc
tor of Letters of the Universities of
Annamalai and of Mysore.
During World War fl, Mr. Gal
braith Was Deputy Administrator of
the Office of Price Administration
in charge of priccs and played a
leading roje in organizing the war
time system of price control. Later
he was a director of the United
States Strategic Bombing Survey.
Following the war, he was briefly
the head of the Office of Economic
Security Policy in the Department
of State. He was awarded tiie Medal
of Freedom for his wartime serv
ices. He was for several years an
editor of Fortune.
Mr. Galbraith is the author of
American Capitalixm, The Great
Crash: 1929; The Affluent Society:
The Liberal Hour; Economics and
the Art of Controversy; Econom
ic Development and The Scotch.
American Capitalism is a widely-
discussed analysis of the problem of
market regulation and power in
the modern capitalist society and
the phrase "countervailing power”
conics from this book. 'The Great
Crash: 1929 is a standard work on
the great financial collapse. The Af
fluent Society, the best-known of
Professor Galbraith’s books, is a
study of the economic and social
problems of the high-income com
munity with special attention to the
problem of maintaining balance be
tween the public and private sec
tors of the economy. All three of
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Hubbell Prize
To Be Awarded
The Hubbell prize is awarded
yearly at commencement.
Any student regularly enrolled at
Meredith College is eligible to be
come a contestant for the Hub-
bcll prize.
To help the judges in evaluating
the “su.stained effort” and the “in
tensity of effort,” each contestant
is lisked to write a half page auto
biographical essay telling of the
duration and intensity of her inter
est in creative writing.
The compositions presented by
the contestant must have been writ
ten after she entered Meredith.
They may come from any year or
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