THE TWIG
T^ewspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XXXIX
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., APRIL 12, 1965
No. 11
Meredith Names Commencement Speakers;
Parnell and Haselden to Address Seniors
Dr. Anne Gary Pannell
Dr. Anne Gary Pannell and Dr.
Kyle Haselden have been an
nounced as speakers for the Mere
dith College spring commencement
exercises, May 29-31.
Dr. Pannell, President of Sweet
Briar College since July 1, 1950,
has held other outstanding positions
including Senator-at-large of the
United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa
from 1958 to 1965, president of
Ihe Association of Virginia Colleges
from 1964 until 1965, membership
on the Fulbright Scholarships State
Committee, trusteeship of the Vir
ginia Foundation for Independent
Colleges, and membership on the
Board of Visitors of Duke Univer
sity’s Woman’s College. Dr. Pannell
has also been director of the Church
Society for College Work, president
of Southern Association of Colleges
for Women, and a member of the
advisory committee of the United
Four Seniors
Tapped Info
Silver Shield
On March 23, Silver Shield, the
honorary leadership organization on
campus, tapped four new senior
members.
The tapping service was led by
the old members of the organiza
tion who include Nell Cox, presi
dent, Martha House, Lura Penny,
Robin Gentry, and junior associates
Judy Hamrick and Martha Mills.
These girls presented the goals of
Silver Shield and the characteristics
they look for in girls when con
sidering them for membership.
Those who were honored include
Carol Andrews, Linda Arledge,
Judy Griffin, and Ann Pepper
Poole. Carol is from Elizabethtown
and is an English major, She has
served on the judicial board and is
editor of the Twig this year. Linda
is from Hendersonville and Is ma
joring in history. She has been very
active in campus activities and this
year is editor of the Oak Leaves.
Judy Griffin is a history major
from Winston-Salem. Last year Judy
served as a freshman hall proctor.
This year, she has worked as chair
man of the elections committee. Ann
Pepper Poole, who has been the
president of M.C.A., is an English
major from Kinston.
Each of these girls were presented
a Silver Shield emblem, Later, they
were honored at a coffee given by
a former Silver Shield member, Mrs.
Freda Farmer Bostian at her home
in Raleigh.
States Office of Education’s Gradu
ate Fellowship Program.
Dr. Pannell was one of twenty-
eight participants in the first Asian
travel-study seminar sponsored by
World University Service and the
National Student Y.W.C.A. in the
summer of 1962. In 1963 she re
turned to India as one of four edu
cational administrators to arrange
the establishmcM of a four-year
United States-India Women’s Col
lege Exchange program for teach
ers and administrative officers. She
was one of a small group of Ameri
can educators appointed to confer
with similar European groups on
educational matters in France, Nor
way, and Germany,
•Dr. Kyle Haselden, editor of the
Christian Century magazine, is a
native South Carolinian. He has
held numerous pastorates as well
as taught at several divinity schools.
As contributor to various journals,
he has written such articles as “The
Racial Problejii in Christian Per
spective” (Harper and Brothers),
“The Urgency of Preaching” (Har
per and Row), “The Death of a
Myth” (Friendship Press). Dr.
Haselden’s wife is a graduate of
Meredith College.
Kyle Haselden
V-P Humphrey to Visit N. C;
Will Speak at Duke University
Vice President Hubert H. Hum
phrey’s address at Duke University
on Saturday night, April 24, will be
in Duke Indoor Stadium at Durham,
North Carolina.
Officials at the University said
plans for holding the event in the
Indoor Stadium have been approved
by the Vicc President’s office. An
overflow crowd of 9,000 is expectcd.
No topic for the speech has yet
been announced. University officials
said they have been told only that
the Vice President will deliver a
major address and that his topic will
not (CO) be on civil rights.
The speech will be the first of
two which Humphrey will make in
Durham that weekend. At 3 p.m. on
Sunday, April 25, he will deliver the
principal address at the Bennett
Place “Centenniel of National
Unity” program.
That address will commemorate
the 100th anniversary of the Civil
War peace pact signed there by Con
federate General Joseph E. Johnston
and Union General William T.
Sherman. The result was Johnston’s
surrender of the last and largest of
the Confederate Armies in the field.
Tentative plans call for Vice
President Humphrey, accompanied
by his wife, to arrive at Raleigh-
Durham Airport about 4:30 p.m. on
Saturday, April 24. From there they
will go to the Governor’s Mansion
in Raleigh for dinner with Gover
nor and Mrs. Dan Moore. They then
will drive by motorcade to the Duke
University campus, arriving well
(Continued on page 3)
College Anticipates May Day
With the coming of spring, the tered around characters and scenes
student body of Meredith Col- from books and stories. A student
lege will present its annual May
Day activities on Saturday, May 1.
The May Day festivities are a major
feature of the College Hospitality
Week-end when Meredith students
entertain prospective Meredith fresh
men for the week-end. The various
May Day activities range from a
horse show at 1:00 on Saturday to
a spring concert by the Meredith
Chorus at 8:00 Saturday night. The
highlights of the day will be the
presentation of May Queen Julia
Butler with her court of repre
sentatives from each class and the
May Day program under the di
rection of Meredith dance classes
and student committees.
The May Day program, which
will begin at 4:00 in the Elva Bryan
Mclver Amphitheater, will be cen-
Galbraith Advocates
More Flexible
Foreign Policy
Dr. John Kenneth Galbraith,
speaking at Meredith College,
Wednesday, April 7, cited the main
problem of the U. S. in foreign
policy as a “precarious perch be
tween generations.”
The “third generation” approach
to current problems which Dr. Gal
braith advocated world result in
U.N. recognition and acceptance of
Red China and a retreat of military
action In North Viet Nam, a situa
tion in which the alternatives are al
ready limited.
Dr. Galbraith’s optimistic view of
foreign policy was based upon
changing “the litany of inertia” to
a policy guided by reality. The “logic
of the atom” must be accepted be
cause “nuclear annihilation is still
unpopular with the average Ameri
can voter. We will move if inertial
guidance can be overcome.”
The lecture, to approximately
1,000, was sponsored by Meredith
College and the Economics Society
of North Carolina State University.
(Continued on page 3)
Traditional Play Day Festivities to Begin;
Classes Will Be Dismissed April 13 at 2:00
On Tuesday, April 13, begin
ning at 2:00, both student body
and faculty of Meredith will join in
the court for an annual celebration
of Play Day. In case April showers
should occur, the festivities will be
held in the auditorium. To get things
under way, Judy Hamrick will in
troduce Dr. Campbell, who will wel
come all participants and specta
tors of Play Day activities. Next,
the judges and Mrs. Jay Massey will
be introduced. Following these in
troductions, the Duke and Duchess
who will reign during Play Day will
be crowned. The Duke is chosen
from the faculty and the Duchess is
a member of the student body,
The first phase of competition is
in the form of songs and cheers.
Each dorm is represented by a group
of chwrleaders who lead that dorm’s
cheering. Then all dorm residents
sing an original song. After the pres
entation of each dorm, announce
ments will be made concerning the
activities for the remainder of the
day. There will be races — sack
races, suitcase races, and others,
volleyball and softball games, and
numerous individual challenges rang-, earned for their dorms
mg from bridge to jumping rope
Each participant will receive a star,
and the winner will receive another
star. A box for each dorm will be
placed in front of the dining hall
in which the winners will put stars
There will be a picnic at 5:30
during which the winners will be
announced. And remember, a stu
dent can challenge any faculty mem
ber she wishes to a contest of her
choice.
script committee, headed by Kent
Thompson, Judy Hamrick, and Sue
Hilton, has combined elements of a
fairy tale, a classical drama, folk
lore, and legend, a western, a Bible
story, and a contemporary musical
to carry out the basic theme of ad
ventures In storyland in which char
acters such as Snow White, Robin
Hood, Tom Sawyer, Mary Poppins
and MacBeth will come alive
through dance and dialogue. Pub
licity, costumes, and scenery com
mittees, as well as members of Mere
dith modern and folk dance classes
are hard at work to make the May
Day presentation successful.
In response to student requests In
past years, a traditional May Pole
will be decorated by sixteen mem
bers of the Senior class. All stu
dents, alumnae, and friends of the
college are invited to attend Ihe
May Day activities.
Meredith Plans
For Summer
Riding Program
The Meredith equitation depart
ment Is excited to announce its plans
for a summer horsemanship pro
gram. As the bulletin describes it,
this program Is designed for young
ladies, riders ten years of age and
up, who have had some previous rid
ing experience. The program will in
clude a morning session of instruc
tion In riding, followed by actual
stable work (feeding, grooming, and
stable management). The instruction
will be in basic equitation, and also
in proper show presentation of horse
and rider.
In the afternoons, the riders will
be permitted to use the college swim-
(Continucd on page 4)
Senior Play Day chainnan Martha Plyler gels rccrulls for Polcat, which may be
‘‘lacking” in participation.
College Calendar
April 12 — MRA, MCA, SGA,
7:00 p.m.
April 13 — Play Day, Court or
Auditorium
April 13—Counsel groups, 7:00’
p.m.
April 14—Barber Science Club,
6:45 p.m., Hut
April 14—Art Club, 7:00 p.m.,
Poteat Rec. Room
April 15—Easter Sunrise Service,
7:00 a.m.
April 15 — Spring Reccss, 1:00
p.m.
April 21—Classes resume, 8:25
a.m.
April 21—Hoofprint Club, 6:45
p.m., Poteat Rec. Room
April 21-—NEA, 7:00 p:m.. Hut
April 22 >— Spanish Club, 5:00
p.m., Joyner 103.
April 22—Colton English Club,
4:30 p.m., Joyner Lounge
April 22 — Home Economics
Club, 7:00 p.m.. Downtown Res
taurant
April 22—I'omorrow’s Business
Women, 7:00 p.m., Alumnae House
April 23 — Art Exhibit — Jerry
Martin, Art Gallery
April 24 — Florida Stale Choir,
8:00 p.m., Auditorium
April 26 — MRA, MCA, SGA,
7:00 p.m.
27 — A. G. O. Reception, 2-4
p.m., Blue Parlor
April 27—A. G. O., 2-5 p.m.,
Auditorium, Small Auditorium, Am>
phitbeater
April 27—1. R. C, 7:00 p.m.,
Alumnae House
April 27—S. A. I., 7:00 p.m.,
S. A. I. Room