What About
Student
Demonstrations?
See Opinions, Page 4.
THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
SG Officials
Plan for
Next Year.
See Story, This Page.
Volume XL
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., MAY 25, 1966
No. 14
Student Government Officials
Indicate New Policy Changes
In response to inquiries fromTHE
Twig, newly-elected Student Gov
ernment Association officials have
indicated some of their plans for
the coming year.
Drinking Legislation
Linda Wright, chairman of the
Legislative Board, stressed that the
drinking poll which was taken this
year would be carried over through
next year although at this time the
results of any definite legislation
concerning it cannot be accurately
predicted. She further stressed, in
answer to a column which recently
appeared in The Twig, that the
drinking poll was not taken to bring
about stricter enforcement of the
drinking policy but to look at the
existing situation and try to decide
what can be done.
In the past the Legislative Board
has been criticized for being slow
in presenting legislation to the stu
dent body. The reason for this has
been that a proposal has to go
from the Legislative Board to the
Faculty Committee on student gov
Students Evaluate
Teachers, Courses;
Results Revealed
Since the latter part of last year,
plans have been formulated for a
Meredith course evaluation. This
year for the first time Meredith stu
dents have been given the oppor
tunity to evaluate their courses.
The Twig has been concerned
with the overall student reaction to
the course evaluation. Most of the
students interviewed replied that
they did answer the evaluation
sheets and returned these to their
professors. When questioned about
their honesty in completing the
sheets, few of those interviewed
stated that they felt reserved in fill
ing out their questionaries.
Most of the students who related
that they had been a bit reserved
in filling out their questionaries
stated that their reservations were
based on a fear of the professor’s
knowledge of their identity.
Effectiveness Questioned
When questioned about the “ad
ditional comments” item on the
questionaire, most students com
mented again that they did not an
swer this item for fear of having
their handwritings traced and their
identity revealed to the professor.
From this, it appears that at least
some students did not really have a
great deal of faith in the ques
tionaire and its effectiveness. Most
of the students questioned felt that
the questionaire in some few cases
might be taken seriously by the re
spective faculty members; however,
the majority opinion was very
skeptical concerning the actual re
sults which would come from the
questionaire.
A large majority of the students
consulted expressed the desire to
have departmental heads and Dean
Peacock see the results of the ques-
tionaires.
All in all the students who were
interviewed seemed rather uncer
tain about the actual effectiveness
of the evaluation project. Many stu
dents did, however, express a de
sire to see the program continue
for at least several more years as a
means of determining the worth of
the evaluations.
ernment, which meets on Wednes
days, then back to the Legislative
Board the following Monday night.
To alleviate this problem, next
year the Legislative Board will be
subject to call meetings on Wednes
day nights in order to present the
legislation to the student body the
following day.
Also under the Legislative Board
is a committee on election proce
dures. These meetings, which are
open to all members of the student
body, will discuss and decide on
what changes should be made in
election procedures for a more ef
fective system. Suggestions will then
be taken before the Legislative
Board and the student body for ap
proval.
Changes in Judicial Procedure
Kay Cockerham, chairman of the
Judicial Board explained plans for
several changes there. Among them
are the organization of House Coun
cils in each dorm to handle any
problems which might arise there
and/or the formation of an overall
House Council, made up of all
five dormitory presidents, to handle
some situations formerly handled
by the Judicial Board.
The possibility of reorganizing
the present Judicial Board into an
Honor Council is also being ex
plored. In conjunction with the for
mation of an Honor Council, mem
bers of the Judicial Board, the
Legislative Board, and any other
students interested in such work,
have formed committees to study
judicial procedures of other schools
similar to Meredith and to make
suggestions to the Legislative Board
concerning revision of our own judi
cial system.
Work Toward Symposium
Judy Ramsey, chairman of the
Student Activities Board, told of
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Graduation Activities to Be Held May 30;
Commager and Gezork to Give Addresses
CLASS DAY, DAISY CHAIN
TO HONOR SENIORS
Climaxing graduation activities
on Monday, May 30, at 10:30, will
be the commencement address, de
livered by Dr. Henry Steele Com
mager.
After receiving his Ph.D. from
the University of Chicago, Dr. Com
mager studied at the universities of
Copenhagen and Cambridge. He
has also earned other degrees,
Litt. D. from Washington College
and LL. D. from Brandeir Univer
sity. As well as lecturing extensively
throughout the world. Dr. Com
mager has written many books, in
cluding The Spirit of Seventy-Six
and The Blue and the Gray. Pres
ently, Dr. Commager is head of the
history department at Amherst Col
lege.
Baccalaureate Sermon
On Sunday, the Reverend Her
bert Gezork will deliver the Bac
calaureate Sermon. Dr. Gezork,
who was born in Germany, be
came a naturalized citizen of the
United States in 1943. After study
ing at the University of Berlin, Dr.
Gezork received his Ph.D. from
Southern Baptist Theological Semi
nary, his D.D. from Colby College,
and his LL. D. from Emerson Col
lege. Prominent in Baptist work in
Germany before World War II, he
has continued to be an outstanding
Baptist leader in the nation and the
world, having served as president of
the American Baptist Convention,
and as a delegate to the World
Council of Churches. Presently, Dr.
Gezork is serving as President
Emeritus of Andover Newton Theo
logical School at Nadich, Massa
chusetts.
Graduation Activities
Other graduation activities will
include the alumnae luncheon be
Dr. Henry Steel Commager
ginning at 9:30 on Saturday morn
ing with the Kappa Nu Sigma
meeting. At 10:30 the Alumnae As
sociation will convene in Jones
Auditorium with Jolene Weathers
Edwards of Raleigh presiding. Miss
Mae Grimmer will deliver the ad
dress on the topic “Separation.” The
Granddaughters’ Clilb will have a
special feature on the program.
The alumnae luncheon at 1:00
will be held in the cafeteria. About
500 alumnae and the graduating
seniors will be guests for the buffet.
Mrs. Robert Farrington, chairman
for the luncheon, has planned it
around the theme “Angel Farm.”
The class of 1966 will be inducted
as alumnae, after which Sue Hilton
will present the 1966 doll. Special
guests are the class of 1906, cele
brating its golden anniversary, and
the class of 1941, celebrating its
silver anniversary. Other reunion
classes attending are classes since
1911, and the big-sister class of the
present graduating class.
After open house at the Mae
Catholic Advisor on a Baptist Campus
The MCA Moves Toward Ecumenism
The new pastor-advisor to the
Meredith Christian Association is
Father Gordon Kendall, pastor of
St. Eugene’s Church, and chaplain
to the Roman Catholic students at
North Carolina State University.
Father Kendall is well known in
Raleigh because of his open, liberal
spirit, his contagious enthusiasm,
and his active interest in ecumen
ism and social action.
Father Kendall said that one of
the main purposes of ecumenism is
for social action — that there is
much to be done which needs the
support of all people, regardless of
their belief. Where there is unity
of purpose, there will be unity of
action.
Students Must Become Aware
Father Kendall is enthusiastic
about projects like the tutorial pro
gram, and the extension services at
Dorothea Dix and the school for the
blind, but he emphasized the im
mensity of the needs of the com
munity. We must do much more,
not only for the sake of the poor
and sicic, but for our own sake. It
is too easy to lose ourselves in col
lege life. “In order to accomplish
anything,” Father Kendall said,
“the welLto-do college intelligentsia
must become aware of what is
around them. They must look for
the poor, get really involved, meet
the poor in their home ground, and
teach them how to help them
selves.”
Social action includes work on
the campus — the attempt to en
courage a moral and spiritual con
cern among students. At the Bar-
Jonah coffeehouse, one of Father
Kendall’s favorite projects, students
have met on Sunday nights for in
formal forums, plays, movies, folk
singing and fellowship.
There are plans at N. C. State
for interdenominational dormitory
discussion groups under the spon
sorship of the United Ministry of
the various religious groups at the
university, and a symposium on the
relation between man and his mind
and science. Several similar projects
are in various stages of planning
at Meredith, including the sym
posium on “Control of Life and Cy
bernation.”
Father Kendall said that when
Kae Freeman asked him to be the
advisor to the MCA, his first
thought was, “At last! An end to
the 450 year detente.”
Unity of Christian Faiths?
When asked to what extent Chris
tians of different faiths could be
united, he said that while differ
ences in theology and worship
should not be barriers between
Christians, neither should Christians
pretend that these differences do
not exist. People must “know what
they are and who they are.” Then
we can understand and respect each
other and work together, sharing
the same ministry in Christian love.
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College Calendar
Sunday, May 29
11:00, Baccalaureate Sermon by
Dr. Herbert Gezork
4:30, Organ recital by Dr. Harry
Cooper
5:30, Tea for seniors and parents
Monday, May 30
10:30, Commencement exercises;
Address by Dr. Henry S. Com
mager
Monday, June 6
2:00, Summer school registration
Tuesday, June 7
7:45, Classes begin
Monday-Thursday, June 13-17
School of Christian Studies
Monday, July 4
Independence Day holiday
Saturday, July 16
Summer session commencement
Dr. Herbert Gezork
Grimmer Alumnae House at 2:30,
Class Day will begin at the amphi
theater at 4:30. Following the daisy
chain processional. Sue Hilton,
president of the Senior Class, will
welcome guests. The class history
will be read and the class song will
be sung. Other high points of Class
Day will be the “sticks and stones
ceremony,” big-sister letter, class
prophecy, presentation of cap and
gown, and formation of class nu
merals on the island. After the pro
gram, the Senior Class will meet on
the island to elect permanent of
ficers.
At 8:00 Saturday night, the an
nual concert will be presented by
the Meredith College Chorus. The
final meeting of the day will be the
Silver Shield at 9:30.
Meredith Will
Lose Several
Faculty Members
Meredith College is losing sev
eral faculty members at the close
of the spring semester, 1966. The
departing members of the faculty
include the following:
Mr. Edwin K. Blanchard, assis
tant professor of music at Meredith
since 1952, will be an associate pro
fessor of voice and director of the
Opera Workshop at Bradley Uni
versity in Peoria, Illinois.
Mr. P. A. Cline, Jr., instructor in
foreign languages at Meredith since
1962, will be an instructor in for
eign languages at Gardner-Webb
College next year.
Mr. Walter George, instructor in
German this year, will be an in
structor in a midwestern college.
Dr. Mamie Hafner, assistant pro
fessor of English at Meredith 1953-
1955 and 1962-1966, will be on
the faculty of North Texas State
College in Denton, Texas.
Mrs. Carolyn Happer, instructor
in history since 1964, is leaving her
part-time duties here to become a
full-time housewife.
Miss Diana Harmon, instructor
in art since 1964, will be married
June 4, 1966, and will teach in
Pennsylvania next year.
Dr. Sally Horner, part-time pro
fessor in chemistry this year, will
continue her research work at
Chapel Hill on a full-time basis.
Miss Brewer Retiring
Retiring this year is the head of
the home economics department.
Miss Ellen Brewer, who has been
on the faculty since 1919.