Page Four
THE TWIG
February 23, 1967
Dr. Wallace Reminisces About Meredith Girls,
Tennis With Dr. Campbell, Alice in Wonderland
By FRAN TREXLER
In a cozy den decorated with
water-color artistry, a grand piano,
and bowls of camellias and daffo
dils, Dr, Lillian Parker Wallace,
former chairman of the Meredith
department of history, xeminisced
about the college in former years.
Seated amid stacks of books on a
sofa draped with cheery ^ghans,
Dr. Wallace spoke enthusiastically
as she sipped tea.
“Meredith has always produced
fine girls who are state and world
leaders,” said Dr. Wallace. In nam
ing several outstanding Meredith
students of the past, iDr. Wallace
cited one of her students who be
came the director of all the United
Service Organizations in the world.
Dr. Wallace said that this particular
student was a whiz at tennis, too,
which could have accounted for her
interest in the field of recreation.
At the mention of tennis, Dr. Wal
lace recalled past Play Days when
she teamed up with former presi
dent Or. Carlyle Campbell or Dr.
John Yarbrough in tennis doubles
“to beat the students every year!”
While Meredith girls of earlier
years weren’t so zippy on the play
ing field, they were serious and ag
gressive students, as Dr. Wallace
recalls. Remembering vividly an In
ternational Relations Club exchange
with Shaw University during the
1920’s, Dr. Wallace said “no one
lifted an eyebrow, which shows that
progress can be made when things
are taken normally and without so
much ado.”
Dr. Wallace noted the leader
ship of Meredith in race relations in
the present. “They arc still going
about it in the right way,” she said,
“but then in a girls’ school, where
males are around only for social
purposes, aggressiveness and leader
ship naturally develop, and young
Women have a chance to become.”
On the subject of a change in
haps less perspective.
Another cup of tea brought us
around to one of the most fond
memories Dr. Wallacc has of Mere
dith. Selected for her small size,
Dr. Wallace has the distinction of
TRUSTEES MEET
(Continued from page 1)
morning general meeting of the
Board of Trustees was drawn up on
Monday evening, February 20, by
the group’s Executive Committee,
and was not available at press time
for The Twig. However, two major
items up for consideration will be
the development program and the
new budget, which contains “sub
stantial increases” in both tuition
and faculty salaries.
Art Is oo€ of the many and varied interests of Dr, Lillian Parker Wallace. Dr.
Wallace was chairman of the McredHh history department from 1947 until 1962.
focus in the approach of study at
Meredith, Dr. Wallace recalls that
things are done much the same way
now as they were done in the past
in reg^ds to the history department.
She said that discussion and outside
reading have always been encour
aged, and the importance of getting
away from the idea of “agreed-upon
history” has stressed “variety rather
than fixity.” Dr. Wallace said that
in the course of years, however, as
Meredith continues to grow, there
will inevitably be more specializa
tion with greater knowledge, but per-
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“We had so much fun,” she said,
“but one day I made a mistake and
loaned my 'bunny suit to a student.”
Dr. Wallace said that when she
asked the student for the suit, the
student replied that she had put it
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Sincc her retirement in 1962, Dr.
Wallace has been anything but a
lady of leisure. Pursuing a subject
which has interested her since her
graduate school days. Dr. Wallace
has written two books and is in the
process of writing a third on the
role of the Papacy in European di
plomacy. As if writing books were
not enough to fill her time. Dr.
Wallace is a frequent reviewer for
historical journals.
Dr, Wallacc said good-bye on a
pleasant note which should fit not
only the Meredith of earlier days,
but also the developing Meredith.
She recalled that a student once
said to her upon the completion of
Joyner Hall that it was good to be
in the new building, “but some won
derful things happened in the old
one.”
“It wasn’t the 'beauty or newness
of a building that held the charm,”
she reflected. “'It was the people in
side — the struggling student and
the teacher, eager to help, that made
Meredith and will preserve Mere
dith for generations to come.”
THOMAS MEREDITH
(Continued from page 3)
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