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THE TWIG
May 25, 1967
Mutual Benefits
As is customary at the end of every acadcinic year, awards are pre
sented, trophies arc won, and outstanding services to the college are
recognized. At this time members of the Class of 1967, both those whose
achievements have been commended and those whose efforts have re
mained unrecognized, deserve the appreciation of the entire student body.
The Class of 1967 could be named the Constitution Class for their
initiation of many constitutional changcs for the improvement of self-
government. Stressing the Honor Code, their leaders have strengthened the
basic attitude toward community living. They have also led the movement
toward ecumenism with efforts to integrate interdenominational beliefs.
With interests in contemporary affairs, Senior Class leaders have been in
strumental in bringing outstanding speakers to the campus. Also, their
plans for the future indicate that they will be as successful in years to
come as they have been in ihe past.
Four years ago the Class of 1967 entered Meredith College. In ten
days the seniors will graduate. The seniors have, of course, profited
from their educational experiences at Meredith. However, Meredith,
too, has benefited from their presence here.
UL
Tailor-Made Summer
Note: The following guest editorial by Charles F, Carroll, State Su
perintendent of Public Instruction, was written for The Twig at the re
quest of the editor.
Many Meredith College youth and their contemporaries In other in
stitutions of higher learning arc doubtlessly happiest when they are in
volved in experiences — whether educational, vocational, or recrea
tional — which for them have personal meaning. Recognizing the many
advantages of varied worthwhile activities, college youth to^y in ever
increasing numbers are planning their summers with specific goals in
mind. Fewer students than ever before drift into summer as if this
were Ihe lime for the cessation of all constructive efforts.
Characteristic of this widespread, intelligent planning is the emphasis
now placed on the personal, tailor-made approach to summer growth
and summer fun! No longer are summer months without purpose; in
stead, individualized opportunities for acceleration, enrichment, profes
sional growth, and physical rejuvenation are zealously sought and in
telligently pursued.
On the home front, college students still attend summer classes, some
times for remedial as.sistance and make-up credits, but more often to
take advantage of enrichment opportunities. Increasingly, young men
and women are profiting from special summer conferences, institutes,
clinics, forums, and workshops. Growing numbers are selecting foreign
institutions of higher learning as bases for their summer operations. In
the latter schools, as would be expected, emphasis is placed on such
areas as foreign languages, international relations, art, and archaeology.
Moreover, travel itself is so highly regarded as a means of personal
development that group and individual tours, with or without credit,
are often sponsored by insdtutions and frequently encouraged by fami
lies. Student excliange programs, with their obvious advantages, at
tract more and more students in summer as well as during the regular
school year.
College youth who seek summer employment do so not only for fi
nancial reasons, but also to gain practical or professional experiences
in the area of one’s anticipated vocation, to participate in ccrtain social-
servicc activities, to broaden one’s vocational experiences by participation
in a different activity, and to increase one’s physical stamina.
Many factors contribute to the popularity and sensibility of tailor-
made summers: youth themselves are increasingly knowledgeable and
determined; industry and business are more and more involved in co
operative training programs; institutions of higher learning are encour
aging llexible and individualized approaches to personal development;
and Ihe economy of the nation permits many youth to enjoy experiences
which heretofore were available only to a few.
The era has passed when most students are content to have their
learning experiences restricted by yesteryear’s custom of discontinuing
education operations because of hot weather or the need to help on the
farm. The time is here when intellectual development, like physical
growth, is viewed by most people as a fact of life that cannot and
should not be shelved as though it is a seasonal 'matter.
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Letters to the Editor
MEREDITH NEEDS FLAG
Dear Editor,
We at Meredith recognize a
never ending debt to those who have
come before us and to those who
are with us now, for making Mere
dith College, Meredith College.
Working together the board of trust
ees, the Baptist State Convention,
the administration, the alumnae, the
faculty, and students recognize our
interdependence. Chapel, Founders’
Day, Inauguration, graduation, our
tangible expressions of devotion to
those who have devoted them
selves, help us to convey our reali
zation of our debt and demonstrate
our gratitude for the past and
present and dedication of ourselves
to the future.
But there is something missing.
Meredith College, where is our
Flag? Do we in our smug self-suf
ficiency think that somehow we
need not be concerned with the Flag
that is the symbol of every freedom
•that we take for granted; the sym
bol of that which makes the dif
ference between the pursuit of a
liberal arts education and a dictated
pjan for the training of an indi
vidual to fulfill need in a communist
society; the difference between a
slate; the difference between social
and educational equality of male
and female and the subservient po
sition of woman?
Do we feel that we can ignore
those who have given their lives to
the realization of the visions of “the
land of the free, and the home of
the brave?” Do we feel no uniting
bond under the Flag that our fa
thers, brothers, husbands, loved
ones, and the boys next door are liv
ing and dying under in Vietnam? Do
we feel that we have no desire to dis
play the Flag, not even in tribute
and remembrance on Veterans’ Day?
If not, where, where Meredith
College, on this enUre campus (in
cluding a United States Post Of
fice) is our Flag? Where is the Flag
that is not a symbol that says we
operate on Federal funds, or we
idealize the present administration
or agree with all current policy, the
Flag that is not a symbol that de
notes some popular surge of patrio
tism, but the Flag, the Star Spangled
Banner that says we of Meredith
College recognize our unpayable
debt to, and our love for our coun
try? Susan Gwenn Ernst
STUDENT DISCUSSES
PROPOSAL
Dear Editor,
In your last issue of The Twig
you wrote an editorial in which you
stated that the students of Meredith
College had failed in that a pro
posal to initiate geographical repre
sentation to the Legislative Board
had been defeated. Docs this really
denote failure? I contend that it
does not.
In the first place, I’m afraid you,
and other supporters of that bill,
misrepresent the situation as it is
now. You stated that having mem
bers 'to the board elected from each
hall would make her “directly re
sponsible to those who elected her.”
Is that not the way it is now? I do
not think you could find a single
hall proctor in this school who does
not feel quite responsible to her
hall, even above her own particu
lar class.
Secondly, you stated that this
would allow the hall proctor to serve
in more of a judicial capacity. Al
though this is an important function
of the hall proctor, it Is just as im
portant that cach student live under
the honor code to such an extent
that it would not necessitate any
one watching them or having to
act in a completely judicial func
tion. Also, we have a judicial board
separate from tiie hall proctors.
Thirdly, you said that this would
enable more people to participate in
student government. Have you
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Guest Ediforial
To the Seniors
By GOVERNOR DAN K. MOORE
(Note: The following guest editorial by Governor Dan K. Moore waj
written for The Twig at the request of the editor.)
Since ancient times, their elders have offered advice to those graduat
ing from formal schools. Often it has been advice unsought and little
heeded.
However, the most frequently heard statement—at least in my memory
—has been that graduation is not the end of education. Trite though
it may be, it is true. For one must continue his or her education through
out life in order to be an aware citizen.
Science, technology, education and even religion, constantly present
new ideas to be assimilated, and accepted or rejected.
So I offer you my sincere congratulations on your educational attain
ments to date and wish for you many more years of solid scholarship
THOUGHTS
ON
TRADITIONS
By JUDY KORNEGAY
One Meredith professor has said
that of all the campuses, large and
small, which he has visited, Mere
dith is the only one that possesses
a true spirit of community. Perhaps
it is this unique quality that gives
our campus the rare sense of family
•closencss and friendliness, which is
so often noticed by visitors on our
campus. It is so ingrained in our
pattern of life at Meredith that we
sometimes forget it or take it for
granted.
Surely some of our traditions
make the Meredith sense of com
munity a lasting one, and no tra
dition is more family-like than our
big sister-little sister tradition. It is
one of those extra touches that
makes us just a little closer. To the
freshman coming to Meredith, the
letter from her big sister may be
just another of those envelopes
among all the bulledns, catalogues,
handbooks, notices, and bills bear
ing information about what is to
come in the fall of 'her first year in
college. However, it can be heart
warming to get a handwritten letter
from a junior, who really seems in
terested in getting to know her. And
how 'appreciated is the appearance
of the unexpected face of an upper
classman who takes the time from a
busy registration day to come, may
be with a gift, to welcome a fresh
man to college.
Throughout the year, there are
many occasions — birthday, Christ
mas, Rush — that a big sister can
be a special friend. To have a big
sister is also an opportunity to meet
new people, to go new places, and
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