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THE TWIG
May 25, 1966
In Tribute
In 1939 Dr. Carlyle Campbell became president of this college. Now
after twenty-seven years of service, he is stepping down from the duties
which he has so capably performed. The mark of this man is inexorably
stamped on Meredith College, and his is a mark which bespeaks excellence,
dignity, and dedication.
Dr. Campbell has contributed immeasurably to the growth of the col
lege, and it is impossible to write a fitting tribute to one who has given so
much of himself for the benefit of others. A library will be constructed to
honor this man, yet the real tribute to Dr. Campbell’s standards of ex
cellence will hopefully be realized in a continuation of his ideals to the end
that the full academic and spiritual potential of the college will be achieved.
It is with a profound sense of loss that the college community witnesses
the departure of Dr. Carlyle Campbell. The guidance which Dr. Campbell
has provided for the college will be difficult to duphcate, and the influence
of his strong Christian character will never be forgotten.
MLH
To Drink or Not to Drink
Many students have voiced the opinion that the present drinking policy
at Meredith is in need of alteration or is due to be abolished all together.
Dishke of hypocrisy and desire for freedom have been important factors
in determining such opinions.
Our college, hke our government, must operate within a framework,
which consists of “rules.” In building the framework the institution must
consider what is best for the people as a whole as well as their moral
standards. Rules in a democracy are made for the benefit of the people,
not to stifle individualism.
Laws, rules are broken, but if a law is broken, is it necessary then to
lable the law hypocritical? If a rule cannot be obeyed without exception
or even without a large number of exceptions, it does not necessarily
follow that the rule itself should be abohshed or even changed. Before
murmurs of “Abolish the drinking rule” turn into cries, students must
consider all aspects of the situation—be realistic when looking at other
institutions, their rules, and the effect of those rules.
The drinking poU was a good idea. But perhaps what is called for by
the results is a re-evaluation of individual values instead of a re-evaluation
of the standing policy on drinking.
PAL
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Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor,
Since this is the last issue of The
Twig for this school year, I didn’t
want to miss the opportunity of tell
ing all Meredith girls how much I
enjoy working with them. To the
seniors, whom I have known for the
past four years, I wish the best of
luck in all the rest of their years.
I have worked at Meredith for the
past eight years, and though I get a
bawlin’ out once -in a while, I still
stick around. Meredith girls can just
sleep tight because I’m awake. I
have been working at night for
nearly thirty years now, and there is
just nothing like it. I used to be a
shipping clerk at a bakery and I was
retiring, but a watchman was needed
at Meredith. Well, I gave up Lions
Club, Brotherhood, and choir prac
tice to work; so far, I haven’t given
up Sunday’s preaching and church
school unless there has been some
one sick and out of work.
Ever so often, I have a rough
time or two around the campus, but
working alone at night and handling
the problems that come up just
make me realize that there is a higher
power than what’s down here.
Chess Set and Poem
Pay Tribute to Campbell
In Awards Day Chapel
(Editor’s note: The following is a
copy of the poem which accom
panied the chess set presented to
Dr. Carlyle Campbell on Awards
Day. At the request of a number
of students, the poem is being printed
in The Twig.)
Huxley called life a game of chess;
Could your life at Meredith be
called less?
In chess the pawn is your first
concern;
At Meredith, it’s trying to get us to
learn.
In chess bishops call us to attention;
At Meredith, it’s the State Baptist
Convention.
Back to the game, you have castles
or rooks;
Here castles are houses for lovers
of books.
One queen is yours while you’re
playing the game;
In life you have nine hundred to
tame.
In chess, the king is the highest of
ranks;
You are King—and to you go our
thanks!
Kae Freeman and Lynn Grumbles
I love all the girls, I really do, and
we have some wonderful boys
around here too. Sometimes they
try me out, but they find out that
I’m awake, and that’s the end of it.
Of course, I don’t want boys hang
ing around after closing hours!
I have stuck it out through rain
and shine with you for the past eight
years. I know your faces if I don’t
know your names. I just try to treat
everybody else as I would want to
be treated. I think one of the most
important things in this world is to
speak with a smile. If you ask me
to do anything for you, I will if it
is in my power. Just call me “Pops.”
R. L. “Pops” Herndon
SG PLANS
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plans to increase the size of the
board in order to have more stu
dent representation. Judy stated
that in addition to having charge of
Tuesday chapel and the Christmas
banquet, the board will also work
through the various clubs and or
ganizations for the library fund. The
big project of the Student Activities
Board will be a year long plan on
“questions relating to the control
of life” which will focus on future
involvement in life. This program
will culminate in the symposium on
“Direction 1967: The Impact and
Implications of Cybernation” next
March.
Ellen Kirby, president of the Stu
dent Government Association, re
vealed several other projects which
will be conducted through joint ef
forts of Student Government boards.
These plans include work with Mrs.
Elizabeth Jones on a college-wide
occupational placement service and
attempts to bring dorm students and
day students closer together.
Kirby Emphasizes Responsibility
Ellen and all three board chair
men emphasized that every upper
classman should realize a new re
sponsibility - to the Honor Code —
a responsibility which has not been
shown in the past. Over 200 fresh
men will enter Meredith next fall,
and although they will receive
pamphlets this summer explaining
the Honor Code and will be sub
ject to a new type of orientation
concerning the Honor System, the
realization of a better system is up
to the upperclassmen.
In the Honor System, as well as
in all other phases of student gov
ernment, the student government
“Iota Subscript”
By Beth Peacock
In 1951 there were less than 100
computers in the U.S. Today there
are more than 22,500. One hears
the words “automation” and “cyber
nation” quite often, and for one
very important reason—this addi
tion of computer “brainpower to.
mechanizations muscle power” is
having a great effect on our lives. It
reaches each of us through em
ployment, our psychological adjust
ment, education, politics, economics
and our spiritual lives.
While the use of computers pro
duces jobs, it also ends jobs forever.
Thus the need arises for job retrain
ing, possibly a guaranteed wage as
the right of every individual, and
payment to the student to attend
school already seen in the scholar
ship funds.
The psychological problems which
arise as a result of cybernation are
potentially the greatest. What of
boredom? The task which we all
face is a re-evaluation of our leisure
time. No longer can we afford to
relish the “work hard ethic,” for
there must be a shift to value one
self without work. How will Ameri
cans in general react toward the
“dole”? The “myth” that ties in
come to work will have to be re
evaluated.
The liberal arts education becomes
essential in an age in which educa
tion for leisure, rather than for
production, is the key note. Educa
tion shifts from the means by which
production is increased to the status
of education as an end-in-itself.
This touches only a few of the
areas in which our lives will be
changed. There are important ad
justments to be made, vital questions
to be considered. The purpose and
meaning of life must be realized in
a radical new form. What about
the areas of service activities, those
niches in our society in which the
outstretched hand can never be re
placed by the machine?
The implications of cybernation
are awesome, yet these advances
provide us daily with challenge and
opportunity. Consider its effect upon
the space program, the tremendous
surge of discovery in all areas of
science, making possible calcula
tions which heretofore would have
been impossible in so short a time.
The favorable effects are endless.
From the electro-optical scanners
which sort mail to productions con
trol that can cut waste and ineffi
ciency, to the programmed instruc
tion which will eventually undermine
our present educational method
ology, we may glimpse the horizons
of opportunity.
(The material for this article was
secured from the files of Mr. Henry
Coffer. He has a storehouse of
material on numerous subjects and
is happy for students to use it.)
Quotable Quote
“... A free university and a free
press are a constant rebuke to com
munism with its deadly mediocrities,
its pale shadows of individuality, its
cruel deceptions and its frequent
barbarisms. Any restraint on free
dom that either of us suffers has the
effect of diminishing the freedom to
which all citizens are entitled. Let
none of us here imagine that because
the one suffers, the other can escape.
Sooner or later, he too will feel the
chill hand of censorship as he goes
about exercising his rights and obli
gations as a free man and a free
institution. . . .”
Quoted from remarks by Chancel
lor Paul F. Sharp of the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
in an address to the North Carolina
Press Institute, January 21, 1965.
leaders will do everything they can,
but they emphasize that it is stu
dent interest and concern which will
determine success or failure for the
upcoming school year.