Alumnae Seminar
To Feature
Sociologists.
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THE TWIG
Newspaper oj the Students of Meredith College
Communication Need
During Elections
Attracts Attention.
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Volume XLI
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., MARCH 9, 1967
No. 10
Studeni ChBimran for Directions ’67 Judy Ramsey greets R. BDckmiaster Fuller
(HI his arrival at Mereditb.
Buckminster Fuller’s Visit
Highlights Year’s Program
Directions ’67 Adds New Dimension to Meredith
More than a year of planning and two weeks of special introductory programs were culmi
nated March 2 and 3 in ihc visil of R. Buchminster Fuller to the Meredilh campus. Mr. Fuller,
world-famous designer and scientist best known for his geodesic dome structure, literally “thought
outloud” in four lectures during his slay here. He touched on topics related to “making the world
work in the cybernated age,” the general theme of Meredith’s year long emphasis in “Directions
’67.”
I A preliminary informal session
with Mr. Fuller for students, faculty,
and invited guests was held on the
afternoon of March 2, followed that
evening by his first lecture in Jones
Auditorium. He again spoke during
the March 3 assembly period,
which was originally scheduled to be
Trustees Discuss Expansion,
Approve Development Plans
The February 27-28 meeUngs of,five new buildings — the Carlyle questions and discus-
the twenty-eight member Board of 1 Campbell Library, student center, “ “re^ctnr nanel” Haw-
Trustees of Meredith College was
seemingly marked by a chorus of
“yeas”. Accepted by the board were
the following programs:
physical education building, and
two new dormitories, which will
each accommodate 125 students.
Also included is an annual support
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I. A drive by the trustees them- program of $1 million above reve-
selves to raise $500,000 to help fi
nance a three-year development
program. This pledge by the trus
tees will involve ten per cent of the
total S5 million development cam
paign.
nue from student fees and contribu-
lions from the 'Baptist State Con
vention.
3. A proposal to borrow $2.5 mil
lion for the purpose of completing
payment on the needed buildings.
Alumnae Will Hear Oufsfanding Sociologists
College to Host Seminar
The twenty-fifth annual alumrtae
seminar, which is scheduled for
Saturday, March 18, will 'be spon
sored by the department of so-
ciolo^. The emphasis of this semi
nar is 'to ibc, as Dr. Leslie Syron,
chairman of the sociology depart
ment, said, “on sociology as a
science rather than social work or
social reform.”
Three outstanding sociologists,
In opening the seminar Dr. Ti-1 medical sociology. Dr. Maddox has
ryakian will speak on the topic' also served as the chairman of the
“Sociology: Where and Whither?” social science department at Mill-
In this talk he will be dealing with
sociology as a science, what it is,
and what it is not.
2. As accepted, this development I Such a loan will permit construc-
program includes the erection of | tion of the buildings as soon as ar
chitectural plans are completed
and accepted.
4. A record budget for the collcge
of $2,052,678. This sum includes
the $300 increase in student fees.
Provided for will be a twenty per
cent boost in student aid and
amounts of salary increases up to
ten per cent for the faculty, plus
allocations for alr^onditioning and
remodeling several buildings, new
lighting facilities,
saps College. He has received de
grees from Millsaps College, Boston
University, and Michigan State Uni-
Dr. George L. Maddox, also ofiversity. One of his primary fields
Duke, will speak on “Understand-j of interests is drinking behavior,
ing Some Normal Troubles: Teen- The third speaker is Dr. R. N.
age Drinking, Obesity, and Growing
Old.” A professor of S'ociology and
Dr. Edward A. Tlryuklan
Dr. Edward A. Tiryakian of Duke
University, Dr. George L. Maddox
of Duke, and iDr. Robert 'Neal Wil
son, of the 'University of North Caro
Una at Chapel Hill, will deliver ad
dresses at the morning session,
which will 'begin 'at 10:15.
Dr. Tiryakian came to Duke in
1962 after several years of teaching
at 'Princcton. He received degrees
from Princeton and Harvard. For
his dissertation he did research in
Central Luzon, Philippines. He has
also studied (he problems of mod
ernization in underdeveloped coun
tries, concentrating on this topic 'by
means of field trips to Sub*Sahara,
Africa. Another of his major' fields
Qf. interest is religion and^ social
chatige. • ■ -•!
Dr. George L. Maddox
Wilson, professor of sociology
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at
sion from a “reactor panel.” How
ever, the panel was not held, and
Mr. Fuller continued with his lec
ture. That afternoon Mr. Fuller prer
sentcd his concluding remarks in a
2:00 session in the auditorium.
Prior to the arrival of Buckmin
ster Fuller, the Directions ’67 com
mittee presented a series of prepa
ratory programs to the student body,
including addresses by Mr. J. Henry
Coffer and Yale Professor Harold
Cassidy, who spoke on the chal
lenges of automation and cybcr-
nctics.
During Mr. Fuller’s visit, an ex
hibit of models from Synergetics,
Inc. was set up in Johnson Hall,
showing the latest trends in struc
ture design.
Judy Ramsey, head of the Stu
dent Activities Board, and Dr. Les
lie Syron, chairman of the de
partment of sociology, served as
over-all co-ordinators for “Direc-
ceneral ■renair*; ^ P^gram which is a
aSd c“amp..s beawificafon '^The i'7
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bringing persons of high intellectual
caliber to the campus.
Literary Forum to Meet at NCSU
Three North Carolina Writers
Will Speak in Raleigh Soon
Dr. R(rfiert Neal Wilson
Three prize-winning North Caro
lina writers arc to speak in Raleigh
March 16 at the twelfth annual
North Carolina Literary Forum, at
8:00 p.m. in the Erdahl-CJoyd
Union at North Carolina Slate Uni
versity.
Authors Sylvia Wilkinson, Reyn
olds Price, and Max Steele will all
address the audience on the topic
“The Writer’s Role” in a panel to
1 be moderated for the twelfth year
,by Raleigh editor and poet Sam
I Ragan.
Open to the public without
charge, the forum Is co-sponsored
by the Union and the Raleigh Wom-
Sams, Dodge, Chapman
Win First Slate Election
On March 2 and 7 first slate elec
tions and run-offs for student body
offices were held. The top three po
sitions were won by Jeannie, Sams,
Lynn. Dodge, and. Susan. Chapman.
. Jeannie Sams, newlyrelected presi
dent of the Student Government As
sociation, ' has served as freshman
hall proctor, Leglslative-Board mem
ber, and freshniant counselor, ■ j
New Meredith Recreation Asso-
ciatipn president,. Lynn Dodge,,has
served as vice-president of that or
ganization and a member of the
MRA Board, her sophomore year.
Susan Chapman, new Meredith
Christian Association president, has
served as freshman hall proctor. Leg
islative Qoard member, freshman
counselor, and Worship Chairman
of’the.OQaptist Student:Union.
; Other new officers include Caro
lyn McGrady, chairnian of the Ju
dicial; Board; Hope Glover, nomina
tions chairman and handbook editor;
and Cindy Griffith, secretary of the
Judicial Board.
Lisa Oates, secretary of the Leg
islative Board; Carrie Frampton,
vice-president of the MRA; and
Alice . Smith, Religious Emphasis
Week.chairnian.. . .
1 Publifa^lons editors elected were
Jane' teonard,. Twic -BditOT, and
Martha Ellen y^a\keT,.Oak Ledyes
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I an’s Club. As usual, the audience
'will be invited to ask questions of
the writers and to have coffee with
them following the program.
Miss Wilkinson, of Durham,
teaches English at William and Mary
College in Virginia. 'Following pub
lication in 1966 of her widely ac
claimed first novel, Moss on the
North Side, she was named
'by Mademoiselle Magazine as one
of the four “most exciting women
in America.”
Former Raleigh resident, Reyn
olds Price, a member of the faculty
at iDuke University, has published
three volumes, the latest (1966)
being A Generous Man, A movie
is being made of his first novel,
A Long and Happy Life, which won
the North Carolina Literary and
Historical Society’s 1962 Sir Walter
Raleigh award for fiction. The re
cipient of a national Arts and Hu
manities grant, he is currently on
leave to work on a second volume
of short stories, an earlier collec
tion having been published in 1963
as The Names and Faces of Heroes.
Writer-in-residencc at the Univer-*
sity of North Carolina, Max Steele
is also a consulting editor for Paris
Review, 'His short stories have ap-*
peared in The New Yorker, Esquire,
rnidt. Harper's. His novel, Debby,
won both the Mayflower Cup for
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